Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Feb 15, 2011 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Jason Cohn of Cohn & Swartzon, P.C was able to obtain a six figure policy limit settlement for a domestic worker injured in a motor vehicle collision with slightly over $4,000 in property damage. ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Jason Cohn of Cohn & Swartzon, P.C. was able to resolve a personal injury claim for a forty year old man involved in a motor vehicle collision for $140,000. The Plaintiff sustained multiple 2-3 mm ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
It started out as any other day; David and his cousin Susan were on the 5 freeway on their way to visit some friends. Out of nowhere, a large SUV suddenly swerved in front of them in a last second ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2011 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
While driving home from work late one night, J.T was struck from behind by an individual not paying attention. Although the rear end collision was quite severe, the injured man's MRIsonly showed a 1 ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2011 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Saar Swartzon of Cohn & Swartzon, P.C. and Rob Gibson of Gibson & Hughes successfully obtained a binding arbitration award of $172,188 for a twenty-one year old woman who sustained compression ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
"I can just do it myself." Many people are convinced that they can handle their insurance claim without an attorney only to find out that the insurance company is only looking out for the company's ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
All too often in Southern California do we hear the phrase Sig Alert on our radio or on our television, and think so ourselves it means just another traffic jam. Sig Alerts can cause obviously cause ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
You pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for car insurance every year to protect you and your family in case of an accident . You pay these premiums to ensure that in case something happens to ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
Did you know that most company health plans contain a provision that enables the company to recoup medical expenses paid to cover an treatment received as a result of any personal injury accidents if ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
According to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, driving while sleepy nearly triples your odds of getting into a car crash. The study also determined that drowsy drivers are actually as ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
Why Mountain Biking in Orange County May be More Dangerous that You Appreciate Orange County, California is known for being a very active and lively section of the Golden State. Many people will enjoy ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
Many people think that because their car or truck was repaired by a reputable collision center that "everything" was repaired and their car is completely safe. Not always true. When someone is ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
The passing of a friend or loved one is devastating. There is much pain and loss associated with an untimely demise. Such anxiety and pain can be further compounded when the death is the result of ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
Surely, you have heard the term personal injury or personal injury lawyer . Quite often when I speak to individuals in and around Orange County , I am asked what exactly is meant by " personal injury ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Attorney
State tort reforms have led to record profits for insurance companies while physician and patient premiums continue to go through the roof, according to a new report released by the American ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2010 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
When people are injured in Orange County car accidents, they can suffer from broken bones, whiplash, concussions, internal bleeding and even death. On February 9, 2010 there was an eight vehicle car ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2010 By Orange County Car Accident Attorney
On Friday 22, 2010, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, an actor and UFC fighter - who is playing the role of BA Baracus in the new movie A-Team. He was involved in an Orange County Car Accident involving his ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Yesterday morning a double-rig dirt hauler was involved in an Orange County truck accident when it hit another car. The truck accident occurred in Fullerton and resulted in lane closures at Brea ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
A Toyota Sequoia hit a motorcycle on the southbound 57 Freeway near Brea in an Orange County motorcycle accident. The California Highway Patrol reports that two lanes were blocked after the accident ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
A Jeep collided with a bike in Orange County yesterday according to the Orange County Register. Both the bicyclist and the driver of the Jeep were taken to the hospital as they suffered injuries from ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
This morning in Brea a five car vehicle resulted from big-rig truck tire tread. On the 57 Freeway past Imperial Highway, three lanes ended up blocked by a number of vehicles after they were attempting ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Last week on the 57 Freeway near Katella Avenue, a weed trimmer had apparently fallen off of a vehicle and blocked one of the lanes. A commercial minivan, that first came up to the weed trimmer, ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
Two men were killed when they were on train tracks and a freight train struck them in Fullerton. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to New York when it hit the two men. The Burlington Northern ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
A woman was killed in a car crash when the car she was a passenger in was hit from behind near Hon Avenue and Alicia Parkway in Laguna Hills, reports the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2009 By Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer
An accident involving a Corvette and a Chevy Equinox yesterday in Tustin resulted in a light pole being knocked down and the Corvette almost split in half. The California Highway Patrol reports that ...
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