San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Alicia Slaughter

Dire statistics make it clear that anyone who drives under the influence is not only putting themselves at risk but others.  Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, all have been take away due to someone else’s desire to drive while inebriated. And there really is no excuse—the statistics are clear.  In 2007 alone 12, 988 people were [...]

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In Newport Beach today a repeat DUI offender was denied a plea bargain in a vehicular homicide case involving Charles David Lewis Jr., one of the founders of the clothing company TapouT.  Lewis Jr., a famed mixed martial art entrepreneur, was killed in March after defendant Jeffery David Kirby hit the victims’ Ferrari with his [...]

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In Escondido, authorities have just released the name of a man that died over the weekend, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. The man, Lawrence Fullerton III, was involved in an accident on Interstate 15 when he crashed into a stalled car. Fullerton was a 65-year-old resident of Poway. According to reports, Fullerton was [...]

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8-year old Carlos Eric Salazar died at a local hospital Sunday afternoon bringing his personal family death toll to five after a police pursuit where three suspects were also killed. Carlos was one of five siblings who had been thrown clear when a fleeing motorist in a Dodge Neon ran a stop sign and crashed [...]

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A pilot became trapped Sunday when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in Santa Monica. The plane crashed down on the runway of Santa Monica airport, trapping the pilot, who was freed but sustained injuries in the crash. According to reports from the FAA, the aircraft involved in the 2:45 pm was a small single [...]

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One family in Vista was on the receiving end of a 2 million dollar judgment awarded by jury in a wrongful death case. The widow of a man who died when his golf cart fell into a cliff sued for wrongful death and finally received the aforementioned verdict, over 2 years after the accident took [...]

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An overturned crash yesterday in Otay Mesa injured two people, both of whom were escorted to local hospitals following the car accident. San Diego police are still investigating the cause of the accident, specifically the issue that the Otay Mesa car accident may have involved drunk driving. The car accident took place on Otay Road at around [...]

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Two wildfires that erupted near San Diego county were well-handled by fire crews yesterday. According to Sgt. Jesse Lora, the fire burned through nearly 1300 acres at the Camp Pendleton Marine base, but was 50 percent contained yesterday. The second fire blazed near a shooting rage after starting Monday, at a location northeast of Escondido. [...]

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An unhelmeted bicyclist was hospitalized after crashing his bicycle into a parked vehicle, an accident that caused the 32-year-old man major head injuries. The bicycle accident occurred in Stockton on Sunday, and the man remained hospitalized on Monday. According reports from San Diego Police, the man was riding at high speeds when he crashed into [...]

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