Michael M. Shea Personal Injury Law Blog

While millions of people gaped at the rare "ring of
fire" eclipse Sunday, at least one Bay Area driver was temporarily blinded
by it – to disastrous results, said police. 
A 26-year old San Bruno woman struck a mother and daughter at a
crosswalk on Grand and Walnut avenues in South San Francisco about 7:10 p.m.,
police said.  Her explanation?  The glare from the eclipse had left the
driver, whom police did... Read More

An 18-year-old Santa Clara man was hit and killed Tuesday
night while riding his bicycle on Monroe Street, according to the CHP.  The Santa Clara County Medical
Examiner-Coroner's Office identified the bicyclist as Daniel Arreola.

At about 10:45 p.m.. a 32-year-old Santa Clara man was
driving a Toyota Camry about 50 mph north on San Tomas Expressway and was
approaching a green light when he saw the... Read More

San Jose is set to adopt a law
holding parents liable for parties with underage drinking in their homes.  The City Council is expected to approve the
“social host” ordinance at their next Tuesday meeting.  Under the “social host” ordinance, homeowners
could face fines and other charges if underage partygoers gather and drink
alcohol on their property. 

SAN JOSE -- It was hard to miss
Katie Habenicht: Smiling, blonde, 6-foot-2.

Yet she was just as easy to miss
because she was always on the move, whether it was leaving her brother and
friends in the dust during a Yosemite hike, helping out her former high school
teachers or swiftly changing her college plans to find what suited her.

The bright-eyed 20-year-old San Jose Read More

A 20-year-old San Jose woman died and another driver was in
critical condition after a head-on collision late Saturday in Half Moon Bay,
police said.  The crash happened a few
minutes before midnight on Highway 1, just south of Miramontes Point Road, when
the driver of a northbound Dodge Caravan swerved into oncoming traffic, said
CHP Officer Art Montiel.

Kathryn Habenicht, according to the San Mateo... Read More

A
bicyclist’s safety on the road depends on the five essential bicycling
skills.  These skills can reduce your
risk of injury. 

1.      Handling:
Control your bike.  Know how to handle
(start, stop, turn, ride in a straight line, keep balance at slow speeds, check
over should without swerving) your bike... Read More

Last month, the City of Gilroy paid $450,000 in a hush-hush $700,000 settlement to a 70-year-old man who sued after tripping over a patch of jagged, uplifted sidewalk on Martin Street in front of Garlic City Billiards two years ago.

Allan Sundquist of San Jose tripped while walking from Monterey Street to OD's Kitchen on March 26, 2010, when he tripped over the sidewalk at 28 Martin St., struck his head on a tree, lost consciousness and was taken to Saint Louise Regional Hospital.... Read More

            The Department of Toxic Substances
Control reported that some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and
that are advertised as free of a socalled “toxic trio”  of chemicals actually contain high
levels.  The “toxic trio” is the
chemicals of toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and formaldehyde.

Toluene should... Read More

                Consider joining Walk MS 2012 and show your support at one of the northern
California Walk MS dates.  There are walks in East Bay, Eureka, Yuba City,
Monterey, Santa Rosa, Walnut Creek, Folson, Modesto, San Jose, Solano County,
Sacramento, and San Francisco. Look here, Read More

Ford Motor Co is recalling more
than 140,000 Focus cars (2012) in order to repair a potential problem with the
passenger-side windshield wiper motor.  A
seal plug in the wiper motor electrical connector may be missing.  This would allow water into the motor’s
electrical connection that would result in an inoperative wiper on the
... Read More