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Mark Saylor, 45, a 19-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol, his wife Cleofe, daughter Mahala, 13 and brother-in-law Chris Lastrella, were all killed in a fiery San Diego car accident the evening of August 28, 2009, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. The fatal car crash was apparently caused by a stuck accelerator in the loaned Lexus that Saylor was driving making it go out of control and collide with a Ford Explorer SUV at the intersection of State Route 125 and Mission Gorge Road in Santee.

The Lexus continued through the intersection, hitting a concrete curb and through a picket fence. The car then hit a dirt embankment, became air-borne and rolled over several times before coming to stop at a dry patch on the San Diego river basin where it caught fire. None of the victims have been positively identified yet by the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office. The victims were identified by CHP officials who confirmed that Mark Saylor had checked out that particular Lexus for a family trip.

My heart goes out to the Saylor family and their friends for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. I offer my deepest condolences to everyone who knew and loved this family. They will certainly be in my prayers.

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The California products liability lawyers at Bisnar | Chase have represented many clients who have sustained serious injuries as a result of accidents involving ATV product defects. In California, we constantly hear about teenagers and young children who are injured or killed in ATV accidents. Recently, a news article in the Redding Record Searchlight reported about a teenager who sustained major injuries in an ATV accident on August 21, 2009 in Tehama County, California. The teen was airlifted to an area hospital soon after the crash. His name or age was not released. The ATV accident occurred near Highway 36 and Ball Road, California Highway Patrol officials said.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of this young man. Dealing with major or catastrophic injuries where it involves young victims, is extremely devastating for their families as well. This teenager may have a long road to recovery, but I hope he has a complete recovery from his significant injuries. Please keep him in your prayers.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) along with several other companies issued a defective product recall of nearly 5.5 million hazardous window shades and blinds for potential strangulation hazards. This product recall comes in the wake of three child deaths and the near strangulation of seven other children. The recalled window coverings include Roman shades, roll-up blinds, cellular shades and traditional blinds. The companies participating in the recall are Pottery Barn Kids, IKEA, Vertical Land Inc., Lewis Hyman Inc., Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. and Victoria Classics. Victoria Classics' Roman shades and many of Lewis Hyman's window shades were sold exclusively at Target stores.

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Volkswagen and Audi are recalling about 16,000 cars because of a
vehicle defect that involves faulty transmissions. According to an ABC news report, these defective transmissions can cause the vehicles to suddenly lose acceleration and in some cases, completely stall. And what is surprising here about this product defect is that these are not older cars or models we're talking about. These are brand new vehicles.

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Arlene Tjandrawansa, 19, and 18-year-old Daniel Tran were killed in an Orange County car accident the night of August 20,2009, The Orange County Register reports. The one-car accident occurred when a 1993 Honda crashed into a wall near a guard shack outside a gated community in Irvine, California. Three others were injured and hospitalized with injuries, Irvine police officials say. The cause of this fatal car accident is still under investigation.

My heart goes out to the families and friends of Arlene Tjandrawansa and Daniel Tran for their tragic, sudden and heartbreaking loss. I offer my deepest condolences to them. I also wish the injured victims the very best for a speedy and complete recovery. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Wal-Mart has issued a defective product recall for about 1.5 million Durabrand DVD players because of a potential fire hazard, according to a CNN news report. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Wal-Mart issued the recall after the retailer received 12 complaints of the DVD players overheating. In five of those cases, the overheating started a fire resulting in damaged property. No injuries have been reported as yet. The DVD players, imported from China, were sold at Wal-Mart stores from January 2006 through July 2009 for $29. The recalled DVD players come with a remote control and are silver with a U-shaped opening at the top to insert the DVD. Consumers are asked to stop using these defective products right away and return them to Wal-Mart for a full refund.

I'm glad that Wal-Mart has recalled these dangerous and defective products that apparently cause fires. It's indeed fortunate that no one has been injured so far due to these product defects.

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A detailed investigative report released by a group called Safety Research & Strategies, concludes that Enterprise Rent-A-Car rented and sold cars without the side curtain air bags they originally came with raising serious auto products liability issues. According to the group's report, Enterprise ordered 66,000 Chevrolet Impalas and Cobalts, but got them without installing the side curtain airbags to save money. Enterprise then made the situation worse by reselling some of these 2006, 2007 and 2008 Impalas and the 2008 and 2009 model Cobalts to used car buyers who had no clue that these side airbags had been removed. In fact, Enterprise's Web site had claimed in its advertisements that these cars came with the side curtain airbags.

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Armando Castroesteban, 58, Linda Gutierrez, 31 and 10-year-old Areli Castro were killed in a Riverside car accident after a tire tread separated on their 2004 GMC Envoy SUV, causing the vehicle to roll over and crash into a freeway median. According to a news report in the Whittier Daily News, the fatal car accident occurred the afternoon of August 16, 2009 on the 10 Freeway in Blythe, California. The SUV's right rear tire tread separated causing the driver, Castroesteban, to lose control, California Highway Patrol officials said. The vehicle then, hit a dirt median and rolled over several times.

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Five people were injured in a Riverside car accident after their van's tire tread separated and the driver lost control and crashed. According to a news report in The Desert Sun, the driver of the van, 32-year-old Edward Dunbar, was also arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and child endangerment. California Highway Patrol officials say Dunbar was speeding east on the 10 Freeway near the Cactus City rest area the morning of August 15, 2009, when a tread on the rear tire of the van came apart and Dunbar lost control. The van skidded across both lanes, struck the raised asphalt curb and rolled several times before crashing through a barbed wire perimeter fence. In addition to Dunbar, a 35-year-old woman, 6-year-old girl, a 5-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy, also sustained injuries.

My heart goes out to the van's occupants, especially the young children, two of whom were apparently seriously injured and had to be airlifted to a trauma center. Please keep these injured children in your prayers.

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Ali Panahi, 75, died in an Orange County car accident that occurred the afternoon of August 13, 2009 when he was struck crossing an Irvine street intersection in California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Panahi died a day after he was hit by a car traveling through the intersection of Barranca Parkway and West Yale Loop. An Irvine woman was heading south on West Yale Loop in her Hyundai Accept when she struck Panahi. Anyone with information about this car-pedestrian accident is asked to call Irvine Police Detective Jonathan Cherney at 949-724-7024.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ali Panahi for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. My heart goes out to everyone who knew and loved Panahi. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Three people suffered injuries in a California car accident after a tire blowout caused the driver to lose control of the car, which rolled over on the Highway 1 in Santa Barbara, California. According to a news article in the Santa Barbara Daily Sound, the three occupants of the southbound vehicle were ejected as it rolled several times the morning of August 12, 2009. One person suffered serious injuries while the other two sustained moderate injuries. All three were taken to a local hospital, California Highway Patrol officials said.

My heart goes out to all three victims here, who apparently suffered injuries. I'm glad that this accident like other recent tire blowout crashes in California did not cause catastrophic or fatal injuries. I wish them the very best for a speedy and complete recovery.

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The auto products liability attorneys at Bisnar | Chase have investigated many vehicle defect cases involving the Yamaha Rhino utility terrain vehicles, which have been linked to 59 deaths and hundreds of injuries and lawsuits since its debut in 2003. A recent CBS News investigation reveals that Yamaha officials knew about the vehicle's dangers and defects even before they put it on the market. Apparently Ichiro "Ike" Miyachi, a former Yamaha Vice President in charge of Rhino Development, was himself a passenger in the Rhino prototype that rolled over in 2002 and sustained a foot injury. At a meeting weeks later, the company's president raised a question seeking an update on "instability of vehicle for future liability cases."

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Robert Joseph Camargo, 49, died in a San Bernardino car accident the night of August 6, 2009 after his car overturned in Wrightwood, California. According to a news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Camargo was driving a Mercury east on Highway 2 when he crossed into the westbound lanes and his car rolled over. California Highway Patrol officials are investigating the incident.

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Dorel Juvenile Group is expanding its defective product recall involving its Safety 1st brand of stair gates for children. According to a news report in Consumeraffairs.com, the hinges that hold these stair gates in place can break posing a fall hazard and serious injury hazard to young children, especially if the gate is placed at the top of the stairs. The recent recall is for about 31,500 gates. Another 100,000 gates were recalled in February.

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Black & Decker is reissuing a defective product recall involving about 200,000 of its GH1000 Grasshog XP String trimmers and edgers because of growing injuries, according to a news report in Consumeraffairs.com. The defective trimmer's spool, spool cap and pieces of trimmer string can come loose when it is being used and become airborne projectiles, posing a serious personal injury hazard to the user as well as bystanders. These trimmers can also apparently overheat posing a burn hazard to consumers.

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One person was injured in an Orange County car accident after the SUV that person was in rolled over and crashed on the 57 Freeway in Anaheim, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the car crash was reported the morning of August 6, 2009 in the northbound lanes of the freeway near Wagner Avenue. California Highway Patrol officials said four people were in the Explorer at the time of the car crash and that one man was taken to the hospital with injuries.

I'm relieved that this car accident did not result in catastrophic injuries or death. It certainly had the potential to be a lot worse. I wish the injured victim the very best for a quick and complete recovery.

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One person suffered critical injuries in an Orange County motorcycle accident the morning of August 5, 2009. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the motorcyclist was involved in an accident on the westbound 91 Freeway at the 241 toll road in Yorba Linda, California. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries, California Highway Patrol officials said.

My heart goes out to this injured motorcyclist. I wish this person the very best for a quick and complete recovery. Please keep this injured victim in your prayers.

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Honda is now expanding its defective auto product recall involving faulty airbags in its Honda Accord, Civic and Acura TL models. According to a report in the Car Connection Web site, the airbag inflators in these cars can over-pressurize the airbag causing the inflator itself to rupture and project metal fragments that could puncture the airbag material and cause serious injuries to occupants. The metal fragments can apparently pass through the cloth airbag cushion material causing personal injury or death. This auto product defect has reportedly caused six known injuries and one death so far. This auto product recall originally started in November 2008 and now involves 440,000 vehicles in all, including some 2001-2002 Honda Accords, 2002-2003 Acura TL, and 2001 Civic models.

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A 52 year old man, was killed August 2, 2009 in a Riverside County rollover car accident, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports. The man was reportedly driving on the 10 Freeway when he lost control of his truck and veered off the freeway in Cabazon, California. His truck rolled over and struck a light pole on Railroad Avenue about a quarter of a mile east of Main Street. After the rollover he was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the car accident victim for their tragic and sudden loss. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Matthew Wekall, 28, was killed in an Orange County motorcycle accident the night of July 31, 2009 after a freeway collision in Huntington Beach, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Wekall died after his motorcycle struck two cars on the southbound 405 Freeway near the Magnolia Street exit.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Matthew Wekall for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. My heart goes out to everyone who knew and loved Wekall. According to his family members, Wekall was a youth leader at a church and had recently been working hard to get his life back together. He rode a motorcycle because he didn't have a car. Tragic!

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