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One Person Killed, Five Others Injured in Suspected Fallbrook DUI Accident

San Diego DUI accident lawyersWhen people are driving down a freeway at high rates of speed, any mistakes that are made can quickly lead to disaster.  This is particularly true when conditions are foggy and alcohol is a factor in anything that goes wrong.  Tragically, police will investigate for the presence of alcohol in the system of a man who was killed in a suspected Fallbrook DUI accident.  Five other people were injured in the crash.

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Suspect Arrested After Fatal San Diego Hit-and-Run Accident

san-diego-hit-and-run-accidentsWhen people are involved in San Diego car accidents, they are expected to remain in the scene so that police can handle the aftermath properly.  If someone is involved in a crash that causes injuries and flees, that person has committed a crime.  While nothing has yet been proven, what is known is that a suspect has been arrested after a San Diego hit-and-run accident on Friday that took the life of a woman in a wheelchair.

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Four People Injured in Single-Vehicle San Diego Car Accident

san-diego-auto-accident-lawyersWhen people travel down city streets at high rates of speed, they are reducing if not completely eliminating any margin of error that exists if a mistake is made.  Unfortunately, police suspect that speed was a factor in a single-vehicle San Diego car accident over the weekend that sent four people to the hospital with injuries.  Law enforcement officials continue to investigate the situation.

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Two People Injured in San Diego Hit-and-Run Accident

San Diego Hit & Run Accident LawyersMost people understand that when they venture out onto the public roads that they are taking on some sort of risk.  However, when two people are standing in an alley between two parked cars having a conversation, they would almost never foresee any danger on the horizon.  Unfortunately, danger did find two people over the weekend when they were injured by two parked cars that slammed into them in a San Diego hit-and-run accident.

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Driver Arrested After San Diego Hit-and-Run Accident Seriously Injures Deliveryman

When San Diego car accidents occur, those who are involved in these crashes are required by law to remain on the scene so that law enforcement personnel can handle the aftermath properly.  When someone involved in a crash flees the scene, a crime has been committed.  Unfortunately, that's what allegedly occurred with a San Diego hit-and-run accident late last week that seriously injured a pizza deliveryman.  The driver who fled was subsequently arrested.

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San Diego Car Accident Lawyer at Morris and Associates Settle California Personal Injury Lawsuit for $85,000

When someone is injured in a San Diego car accident that was not their fault, that person faces several different types of difficulties that must be met head-on so that all forms of loss can be recaptured.  This is often easier said than done, as it was for a San Diego woman who was injured in a car accident in 2010 and made the wise decision of obtaining the help of experienced San Diego personal injury lawyers.

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San Diego Products Liability Lawyers Helping Those Affected by the Ford F-150 Recall

Driving at night can be difficult for even the most experienced motorists, and this driving environment becomes only more difficult when someone comes over a hill and suddenly must deal with the presence of a pedestrian.  While mistakes can happen in this situation and San Diego pedestrian accidents can occur, the situation only gets worse when a driver involved in such a crash flees the scene.  Unfortunately, that appears to be what occurred in a San Diego hit-and-run accident that left a man seriously injured.

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Two People Seriously Injured in San Diego Car Accident

Executing a pass of a vehicle on the left is a maneuver that requires skill and control.  Any mistakes that are made while attempting to make such a pass can immediately place several people in extreme danger, as there are mere seconds to correct such a mistake.  Unfortunately, some sort of mistake may have been made by a driver of a vehicle attempting such a maneuver on Sunday night, and the result was a San Diego car accident that seriously injured two young people.

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Mother, Young Daughter Injured in San Diego Pedestrian Accident

There are certain areas in San Diego that are notorious for their tendency to play host to serious San Diego traffic accidents, and one of those areas is an intersection in Hillcrest, where people who live and work in the area feel that the intersection of University Avenue and 4th Street is extremely dangerous.  Unfortunately, that location was once again the location of a San Diego pedestrian accident that injured a mother and her young daughter on Sunday morning.

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Man Killed in Spring Valley Pedestrian Accident

People who drive in San Diego County tend to be aware of the fact that pedestrians are a regular sight on the local roads, and this includes roads that may not be near the actual city.  In addition, drivers need to be ready to allow safe passage for pedestrians at all times in the day.  While it’s too early to know exactly what occurred, something went drastically wrong over the weekend that led to the death of a man in a Spring Valley pedestrian accident.

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Vehicle Passenger Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury in San Diego Hit-and-Run Accident

When people think of San Diego hit-and-run accidents, they often envision two vehicles colliding and then one of the drivers fleeing the scene while still behind the wheel.  However, single-vehicle San Diego hit-and-run accidents can and do occur, and that appears to be what took place on Sunday night.  The passenger that was left behind after the driver fled the scene on foot suffered a traumatic brain injury.

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Mertzanis v. Gibbs Case

On January 17, 2010, Aristeids Mertzanis, Kristen Ames-Mertzanis and their 14 month old child Yiannis Mertzanis were staying at a rental house in La Jolla, California. Yiannis walked across a burning hot metal grate that was in the middle of the living room, causing severe burn injuries. He sustained second and third degree burns to his feet, elbows, arms and hands when he fell on top of the hot floor heater grate. He was transported to UCSD burn center where he remained for twelve days receiving treatment and physical therapy.

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San Diego Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Social Media Giants

Social media web sites have in some ways taken over the Internet and have invaded just about every form of communication we use in modern times.  One of those modes of communication that has tied in with social media updates is text messaging, which allows people who are members of social media sites to obtain updates even if they are not at their computer.  However, some serious legal issues have arisen with these text updates to the point where a San Diego class action lawsuit has been filed against three of the true giants of the social media world.

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AT&T Tax Refund Litigation

Morris and Associates is proud to have been selected by a national aggregation of lawyers to participate in a National Class Action against AT&T arising from AT&T's inadvertent collection of approximately $1.2 billion in state and municipal sales taxes in connection with internet charges, mostly arising from I-Phone usage plans.  The Internet Fairness Act prohibits the collection of such taxes and charges.

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McMillin Class Action

Morris and Associates has been approved as class counsel by the San Diego Superior Court in the case brought by Bonnie Mann and others against various McMillin entities, the developer and seller of 349 homes at Liberty Station in Point Loma, San Diego.

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Overtime pay

In the past two years, Morris and Associates has settled multiple class action lawsuits against employers such as Brinks, Inc., Kraft, KB Homes, DHL, Fidelity Information Services, Hallmark, and others, recovering millions of dollars for employees throughout California.

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Cell Phone Charges: "The smirk test."

If you read your cell phone bill and see a line item which causes that familiar smirk to appear, chances are you've found a charge which may be unlawful, deceptive or unfair.  Over the past decade, Stephen Morris has filed actions in California and throughout the United Sates against AT&T, Sprint, Nextel and Sprint-Nextel (after they merged), as well as other providers,  participating in cases which have generated settlements valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.

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California Gift Card Litigation

In 2009, Morris and Associates represented a class of persons comprising all Nordstrom customers in California who had received, but not used prior to their expiration, "Nordstrom Notes." The action sought to reimburse all customers whose "Nordstrom Notes" had expired. The expiration dates were in less than ten-point font. California law requires all Gift Certificates which contain expiration dates to ensure that they appear in at least ten-point font.

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