Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Jim Burns
A Sutter County man was riding as a passenger while on the job in the Sacramento area. Suddenly, a large pickup truck pulled out of a 7-11 parking lot directly in front of his vehicle, leaving the ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Jim Burns
The client had a straightforward accident which resulted in back pain that was not so straightforward. An MRI showed a herniated disc, but her doctors did not believe the pain was anatomically related ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Jim Burns
A San Jose woman set out to walk her young grandnephew to school as she enjoyed doing every morning. While they were crossing the street within a crosswalk, a driver made a right turn directly into ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Jim Burns
The client was working on his trailer in his driveway. A woman who lived in the back house let her granddaughter, a minor, back her car out of their shared driveway The granddaughter gave the keys to ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Jim Burns
In August, 2010, there was a standard three car pile-up on Highway 17 in Los Gatos. Dunnion’s client was rear ended and the question became: did the first following car hit her before the second ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Jim Burns
A young man was struck by a car that turned left in front of him. After a month in the hospital for multiple fractures, he contacted the Dunnion Law Firm to obtain a speedy settlement as he had been ...
Continue reading "Dunnion Obtains $100,000 Settlement in Under 45 Days in Case of Motorcyclist Hit by Car" »
Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Jim Burns
A young single mother of a disable child was car pooling to work in a car driven by a 19 year old. After picking up an additional co-worker, the 19 year old, who had only had a drivers license for six ...
Continue reading "Minor Injury Results in Mid-Six Figure Settlement for Single Mother" »
Posted on Jan 2, 2012 By Jim Burns
A teen age driver who failed to see a pick up truck enter the roadway in front of him sustained a concussion and cut to the top of his head. The police report blamed him in part for not observing the ...
Continue reading "Teen Age Driver Kills Middle Aged man in Accident; Hires DLF and Collects from the Deceased" »
Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Jim Burns
A salesman was riding his motorcycle home from work on Golden State Boulevard south of Fresno when a Federal Express driver became impatient waiting for a train and made an illegal u-turn, striking ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Jim Burns
Dunnion’s client was a 64-year old truck driver who had been on disability for several years. Even at his age, however, he had always hoped to be able to return to work. Just prior to this auto ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Jim Burns
Dunnion’s client was the victim of a drunk driver who ran a red light. He injured his hand, breaking the three middle metacarpal bones. Unfortunately, as a UPS driver, this meant he could not ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2011 By Jim Burns
A Fresno resident with his young son were involved in a front-end collision. After the collision, he contacted The Dunnion Law Firm for representation. At the scene, he felt some discomfort in his ...
Continue reading "Arthritic Knee Aggravated in Car Accident Results in $100,000 Settlement" »
Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Jim Burns
Dunnion’s client was driving to work one pre-dawn morning near the San Francisco airport on US 101. For reasons he could not explain, he slammed into the center barrier, disabling his vehicle. ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By Jim Burns
In an early morning jaunt last November, a driver under the influence of drugs plowed into a tree and injured his four passengers. In an unusual concurrence, all four sustained the same injury–a ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By Jim Burns
Our elderly client was on her way to a bible study class when a vehicle pulled from a stop sign into her path causing a horrible crash. The two occupants of the adverse car got out and ran away. ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Jim Burns
On the evening in question, our client walked from her home to a fast food restaurant to meet friends for dinner. After dinner, she was walking home when the accident occurred. The area where she was ...
Continue reading "San Jose Woman Receives $95,000.00in Pick Up Truck vs. Pedestrian Accident" »
Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Jim Burns
Our client, a Visalia resident, was crossing the street in her electric wheelchair at a marked crosswalk. Suddenly the defendant, who later claimed he was blinded by the sun, made a left turn directly ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Jim Burns
On December 23, 2009, a school administrator and his wife drove to Stockton, California to purchase a new cell phone. Due to the hustle and bustle of the Christmas holidays, they decided to leave ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Jim Burns
The accident happened on a Sunday afternoon with Dunnion’s client stopped at a red light. A teenager coming from her left, speeding down the road, barreled through the intersection on a yellow ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Jim Burns
A Monterey County woman was horribly disfigured in a crash with an unlicensed driver. She contacted the Dunnion Law Firm to assist her in finding any and all available insurance monies. She was unsure ...
Continue reading "Crash Disfigures Woman's Face But Insurance Company Refused to Provide Her Coverage" »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Jim Burns
A San Jose man was rear ended by a Federal Express delivery truck in June 2009. Although the driver admitted fault at the scene and the police wrote a favorable report, when the man was contacted by ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Jim Burns
A Fresno Veteran was riding his bicycle when a motorist failed to yield and turned directly into the bicyclist. The bicyclist had no evasive options available as the Defendant struck him even while ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Jim Burns
A woman struggling to support her family as a clerical worker for the County of Tulare, was injured in a motor vehicle crash. As she was on her way to work in February during the early morning ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Jim Burns
Dunnion’s client was stopped with her left turn signal on when she was rear ended. She thought the driver behind her was at fault. But that driver was clearly rear ended by a third driver. Did ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Jim Burns
A 53 year old construction worker was injured while driving a utility work truck from his home to a job site. He was struck from the rear by a Toyota Land Cruiser that was going a moderate speed ...
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