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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After Barbara was involved in a car accident, the thought of consulting a personal injury attorney never crossed her mind. After all, the car accident clearly was not her fault and her insurance company assured her that they were there to take care of the messy details.

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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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