The Reeves Law Group

Lack of respect and awareness for the rights of pedestrians is a topic that does not go unnoticed by Los Angeles personal injury attorneys. In the city and all over California, there are a high number of accidents that occur involving pedestrians. Because of this, Los Angeles Police have been conducting a special enforcement focused on increasing the safety of pedestrians.

Efforts to catch speeding motorists are the focus of a proposed new program in California cities and counties. Red light camera systems could be installed if the proposal passes.

Recently, California Highway Patrol has made a pact to crack down on motorists who drive too fast and ignore speed limits. Accidents where speeding is involved are often much more catastrophic, and leave victims with serious injuries.

California bicycle accident lawyers and Long Beach authorities have long been concerned about the noticeable rise in the number of bicycle accidents over the last several years.

In one of the largest product recalls issued by the CPSC, 50 million shades and blinds are being recalled due to child strangulation issues. At least 8 deaths in children have been linked to these blinds and shades since 2001, according to the Wall Street Journal. In addition, situations that nearly caused strangulation have occurred in at least 16 other children with these blinds.

Holiday motorists are being warned about the risks of driving while intoxicated by Santa Clara County police, who have begun a unique anti drunk driving campaign. California drunk driving accident lawyers are always pleased to see law enforcement implement new strategies to hopefully increase awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being warned by a children's safety group about the dangers to children posed by power windows. This group is asking the agency to make some changes, which includes preventing these injuries by including a reverse feature in power windows.

High concentrations of lead found in millions of toys produced by Mattel in 2007 has caused them to agree to settle lawsuits in excess of $50 million, according to MSNBC. These toys posed a health hazard to children due to the high concentrations of lead in the toys.

The October issue of the journal Pediatrics contains a report claiming that the incidence of burns in children has decreased substantially.

The Distracted Driving Summit is to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 30th and October 1st, in Washington DC. California personal injury lawyers are looking forward to the summit due to intense concern about the use of cell phones while driving in California.

It is becoming more and more common in California for seemingly simple premises safety issues to result in serious personal injury to one or more parties. Premises safety issues can result in serious violations for any and all types of public establishments that provide products and services to the general public.

Food safety is a major concern for more and more Americans as food poisoning continues to plague many. A mild case of food poisoning, however, may be the least of your worries when it comes to many processed food items.

In the past ten years in California, there have been thousands of cases of drunk driving accidents in which victims were either seriously injured with lifelong, debilitating wounds or killed as a result of the crash.

In a recent accident off of the 710 Highway in Long Beach, California, a man from the Orange County area was struck by an oncoming vehicle while he himself was out of his car. The reason behind the man’s decision to park his vehicle on the side of the highway and get out was the fact that another vehicle heading in the same direction as him had just crashed into a tree.

As the summer months and nice weather in California continue, so do the number of bicycle accidents in this beautiful state. This is an unfortunate statistic, however it makes sense since the gas prices are rising and people are looking to save money in this tough economy.

Sexual abuse is a problem throughout the country and the world. Too many people are becoming victims of this horrific crime each year, some of which are repeatedly abused in their homes, places of employment, and even schools. In fact, statistics show that a majority of sexual abuse victims are assaulted by people very close to them, whether they are relatives, friends, or casual acquaintances.

There are few things that catch people off guard more easily and frequently than car accidents. Whether the accident be a serious, head-on collision or a minor fender bender, most people are completely unsuspecting of when they will be hit and by whom. Still, even less expectant is when a vehicle is hit or driven in such a way that a rollover accident inevitably occurs.

Swimming pool accidents are incredibly common through the warm states of the west and southwest, particularly California. In fact, swimming pool drownings are the leading cause of child death in California alone and the second leading cause of death in the nation. These staggering statistics have the ability to record the data, but not the pain and suffering that many people endure when members of their family are injured or lose their lives in a swimming pool accident.

Although pedestrians are the first victims one thinks of when car accidents are mentioned, many pedestrians are injured in car accidents each year. Populations, such as those in San Diego and Los Angeles, which see a continual increase in drivers each year, are especially prone to pedestrian accidents as more and more people take to the roads.

Although gas tank explosions are luckily not as common as car accidents, heart attacks, or other potentially hazardous situations, they are incredibly dangerous and life-threatening when they occur. These explosions typically happen during or soon following a car accident and often occur in cities with a high rate of car accidents, such as San Diego and Los Angeles, California.

Although aviation accidents do not occur on a daily basis, the effects and heartache can potentially last for years following these tragedies. As one of the states in the U.S. with the most public airports and private jet ways, Californians have seen their fair share of aviation accidents that have resulted in large scale catastrophes, serious injuries, and untimely deaths.

Assault and battery claims are problematic all over the country, but many of these criminal cases occur right here in the San Diego-Los Angeles area of California. Although assault and battery victims almost always wish to press criminal charges against their violent assailants, many do not think about the ability and benefits of filing civil cases for punitive damages as well.

Rollover accidents are, on average, more likely to happen when one is driving a sports utility vehicle than when one is driving a smaller vehicle, such as a sedan or coupe. In fact, SUV rollovers are approximately twice as likely to occur as small car rollovers.

Nursing home abuse has been a topic of much discussion throughout the United States for several decades, but California is by far home to some of the most serious cases. Studies have shown that the number of nursing home abuse cases in California are increasing, and that is likely due to the number of elderly presiding in nursing home care is rising, and will continue to rise with the baby boom generation.

Although bus accidents do not occur nearly as often as automobile accidents, the number of bus accident injury victims still reaches well into the thousands every year in Los Angeles and San Diego, California.

Being struck by an oncoming car or being otherwise involved in an automobile accident can be one of the most frightening experiences one can endure. But there is perhaps nothing more terrifying than getting into a car accident with your children in the backseat.

Catastrophic accidents can potentially happen anywhere under a variety of circumstances. Despite the increase in technology that has developed over the past decade, serious accidents continue to occur in the workplace, in automobile accidents, and because of contact or consumption of hazardous products.