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Foster v. United Airlines, Inc. et al – Press Release (June 5, 2023)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2023 Bay Area Family Headed to Trial Against United Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines / United Express and their Contractor, DAL Global Services Son NJ Foster, a Disabled Young Man Now in Persistent Vegetative State Following Deplaning Incident San Francisco, California NJ Foster suffered catastrophic injury on February 8, 2019, at the…
Read MoreClosed Business: A Multi-Million Dollar San Francisco BNI Success Story
How did members of two San Francisco BNI Chapters – partners in a personal injury law firm – each recently report $1.8 million in closed business? A referral from a former Business Network International member that became the catalyst for an a wide-reaching lawsuit. A case worthy of “CSI” meets “Law & Order”. A substantial…
Read MoreSan Francisco Law Firm Wins $9 Million Defective Oil-Filled Heater Lawsuit Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 8, 2018 / PRNewswire / — Albert G. Stoll, Jr. | A Law Corporation, has obtained a complete victory in a $9 million settlement against the manufacturer of defective oil-filled heaters in a settlement six days prior to going to trial. A Defective Heater Caused A Christmas Night Fire. The focal…
Read MoreBicyclist Kills Pedestrian, Pleads Not Guilty
On July 15, 2008, a bicyclist traveling northbound through the intersection of The Embarcadero and Mission Street ran a red light and struck and killed a pedestrian. The victim, Dionette Cherney, was visiting from Washington, D.C. She had the right of way and was crossing . She died of head injuries a month later. The…
Read MoreVoters Pass Bond Measure To Repair SF Streets
On November 8th, San Franciscans passed a bond measure to repair the streets of San Francisco. The bond measure will inject $248 million to repair both streets and sidewalks throughout the city. According to an article in the SF Examiner, “The $248 million bond measure includes $148 million for street repaving, $50 million for…
Read MoreBicyclists and Taxis To Share Bike Lanes
According to a San Francisco Examiner article (found here), the SF MTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) has recently allowed taxis to use bike lanes to pick up and drop off passengers. Naturally, this has caused positive and negative reactions. Proponents argue that this will allow passengers to enter and exit taxis safely. Passengers no…
Read MoreBike Lanes Coming To Golden Gate Park!
According to sf.streetsblog.org, the eastern portion of John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park could have a newly designed bicycle lane by the end of the year. Instead of the conventional bicycle lane that allows cyclists to bike alongside cars on San Francisco streets, the new design ideally provides more safety for cyclists. The…
Read MoreRemoving Crosswalks: A Solution to a Dangerous Intersection
The city of Santa Rosa has found a solution to the dangerous conditions at two intersections: (1) 3rd Street and Cijos Street and (2) 3rdStreet and Brooks Street. They plan to remove the crosswalks to alleviate the situation. The crosswalks are uncontrolled so the pedestrians must cross without any assistance from stoplights or cautionary signals. On this 3-lane one-way…
Read MoreDanger of Potholes
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (the Bay Area’s planning commission on transportation) rated various cities’ road conditions according to its Pavement Conditions Index (PCI). According to the finding, two of the Bay Area’s biggest cities – San Francisco and San Jose – both scored a 64, giving it a Fair Rating on the PCI. The lowest…
Read MorePossible Change to Speed Limit on the Golden Gate Bridge…For Bikes!
It looks like one of the world’s most iconic landmarks needs to implement some safety rules. The westbound sidewalk of the Golden Gate Bridge has been and will continue to be closed through September for retrofitting work and this has naturally caused an increase in traffic on the eastbound sidewalk. Bicyclists and pedestrians share this…
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