News & Editorials from Merlin

February 21, 2009 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by rollover accident attorneys in California, and the Los Angeles Fire Department two people were injured in a rollover accident on a mountain highway.

The Los Angeles Fire Department stated that an accident was reported at approximately 6:30 a.m. in the vicinity of the Angeles Forest Highway and Big Tujunga Canyon Road of an overturned vehicle.

According to California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos two people were rescued after their vehicle rollover on the edge of a mountain highway. It took the rescue crews approximately forty minutes to pull the rollover victims to safety Officer Villalobos stated.

It has been reported by a county fire dispatcher that the two people were checked out at the scene of the overturned vehicle they were transported to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries.

News reports out of Washington: By now everyone knows that that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is of the opinion that the U.S. Congress or the President should intervene (and has to a certain degree) to prevent the auto industry from filing for bankruptcy. In a briefing in Washington DC, Pelosi state “Everybody is disadvantaged by bankruptcy, including our economy, so that’s not an option.” She was speaking of the current automobile industry crises.

It is believed that Congress will approve new loans for the three automobile makers and the funding will come from the $700 billion bail out plan the Congress approved last month. Also according to reports, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went on to state that: “We’re looking to make sure we do everything we can to take care of the auto industry, if in fact it’s viable.”

The domestic automakers submitted plans to Washington explaining what their plans are to achieve financial stability and thus prevent bankruptcy have appeared before lawmakers.  Before a vote was to be taken on whether to approve aid to the automakers, Congress wanted them to come up with a plan on how they would do that. By the way if you require a washington state bankruptcy attorney or lawyer then may I suggest the law Offices of Jason Newcombe. He is certainly one of the leading washington state bankruptcy attorney in the field around and can help you with a wide array of different cases/

According to news reports, Ford Motor Company is asking Congress for a credit line of up to $9 million. General Motors is asking for up to $18 million in credit and Chrysler LLC is asking for a $7 million bridge loan.

December 27, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

I found a really cool news story about the recent Highway 80 fatal motorcycle crash. It was written by a law firm, so I figured it offered a good perspective. Enjoy.

According to reports by motorcycle injury lawyers Los Angeles, a fatal motorcycle crash is being investigated as a possible hit and run motorcycle accident.

The motorcycle crash occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Highway 80 according to the California Highway Patrol in unincorporated Solano County in the vicinity of Vallejo.

The California Highway Patrol stated the motorcyclist had collided with the center divider or with another vehicle on the eastbound side of Highway 80 west of American Canyon Road.

They also reported the motorcyclist was transported from the scene of the crash to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The name of the deceased rider has not been released pending notification of his next of kin.

Four residents and a firefighter suffered personal injury when a fire started in a west suburban garage Saturday afternoon in West Chicago.
At approximately 4:20 p.m., Saturday, in the garage of a four-unit townhouse of Kresswood Drive residents discovered a fire made worse by 20mph winds and below freezing temperatures. By the way if you happen to hang your hat in Chicago and you require a leading Chicago Personal Injury Attorney then might I suggest PN Law Servives. They are among the top Chicago Personal Injury Attorney you can find in the city or in nearby communities. They can help you with wrongful death, medical malpractice and a wide array of other personal injury type cases.

The house’s residents discovered the fire and were able to escape on their own, but four residents were taken to Central DuPage Hospital due to smoke inhalation.
West Chicago police and DuPage County Sheriff’s deputies evacuated surrounding townhome residents, the release said.

It took 50 firefighters about an hour to control the fire, which was extinguished about 6:50 p.m. One firefighter suffered a minor injury.
The garage and vehicle inside were severely damaged by the fire and the living unit sustained smoke and heat damage.The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but someone could need an Attorney soon.

If you are local to the Orange County, California area and you own a motorcycle, living outside of city limits can be dangerous to motorcycle riders because there are still several dangerous situations that you can find yourself in the middle of. Perhaps you live on the outskirts of Culver City, in Los Angeles, along the grassy rolling hills. If you live in these areas there is always a chance of rounding a sharp turn in the road and finding yourself smack dab in the middle of danger. Rounding sharp corners at night on a motorcycle can be dangerous because at night animals, even some pets like to go hunting for food, and sometimes they need to cross the road in order to do so. If you ever find yourself in this situation you more than likely will not have the time to stop, and if you swerve you could lose control. This could land you with severe facial lacerations, many broken bones, loss of a limb, road rash, and even paralysis.

If you find yourself in the hospital with serious pain and agony, getting an attorney may be the last thing on your mind, but it is also the most important thing you need to do. Finding a personal injury attorney may sound like a long and drawn out process but you need to find one as soon as possible for you. You need to find a lawyer that specializes in motorcycle accidents and is familiar with the laws involving animals and how they could be regulated.

With all of your hospital bills that are piling up and the in-home nursing fees and fees for hospital supplies that you may need at your home to doctor your wounds, it can all add up extremely quickly. When you experience this, panic usually starts kicking in because you start to realize that you are going into debt and you are not able to do anything about it because you are disabled from your wounds.

Finding an experienced Orange County injury attorney may be your needle in the haystack that you have been searching for. You may even be searching for injury on a motorcycle lawyers in Los Angeles for a disc burst fracture or friction burns.  These accident on a motorcycle attorneys can help you to gather all the information that is needed to determine any compensation that you may be entitled to. Living outside of city limits can be dangerous to motorcycle riders, and when it results in a motorcycle accident you need top notch attorneys on your side.

   Boston business consultant John B. Callahan was murdered in 1982 and according to his wife in their last telephone conversation the said he was going to Washington D.C.  This is one of the more shocking criminal cases I have covered in quite some time, it is very tragic.

  The victim’s body was eventuallydiscovered at Miami International Airport parking lot stuffed into the trunk of his wife’s vehicle. All in all, he had been shot more than once before being stuffed in the trunk of the said vehicle.

   His wife apparently thinks that his reason for going to the nation’s capital was to give information to the FBI concerning a major criminal case: the murder of an Oklahoma man which apparently involved James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “the Rifleman” Flemmi.  He was doing this with the help of an FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. Incidentially should you require the assistance of an expert Miami Criminal Attorney then I would like to wholeheartedly recommend the Law offices of Mr. David Garvin. He is an excellent Miami Criminal Attorney and he covers many different types of cases includes those involving taxes and other criminal type cases.

  The prosecution also believes that, it would appear. Connolly is now serving a sentence for a 2002 racketeering conviction and three years ago he was indicted on first degree murder charges and conspiracy to commit murder.

  Jury selection has statred in that case that could convict him of a life sentence for first degree murder and a thirty year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder.

  Bulger who is now age 79 fled the east Coast before his case for racketeering in 1995 and is on the FBI’s most wanted list for this charge and also in connection with 19 murders.

   The witnesses in this case are Flemmi now age 74 and serving a life sentence for some ten murders, John Martorano age 67 who served 12 years for 20 murders, Kevin J. Weeks age 52 assisted Bulger with 5 murders. These men along with John Morris age 63 a former FBI agent that took bribes from several of the other men.  Talk about someone needing a great attorney.

September 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by Los Angeles train accident lawyers, as the rescue efforts continued at the scene of the train crash between a Metrolink passenger train headed for Ventura County and an Ocean Pacific freight train, the death toll rose from 10 to 17.

Early Saturday emergency crews that numbered approximately 250 fire fighters and 200 police officers found more victims. It is reported that there are 135 injured victims of the train crash and the amount of victims could go higher.

Official’s fear there may still be trapped passengers on the damaged passenger cars that the rescue teams used hydraulic jacks to keep the damaged car from falling over. They also used other specialized equipment to cut the metal open to rescue trapped victims.

In a statement by the Medical Director for the Los Angeles Fire Department Dr. Marc Echstein said that there were 135 passengers injured and transported to hospitals with at least 85 of the victims in serious or critical condition.

September 5, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by California motorcycle accident lawyers, a motorcycle accident that occurred in Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The reported speed that Cliff Gullett a 47-year-old racer was traveling at approximately 239 when he lost control of the bike.

The accident occurred during a time trial in a 500 cc Streamliner Class, there are races held in this vicinity near the border of Nevada.

Gullett who was from Bozeman Montana owned Team Bozeman Motorsports, which is a motorcycle and snowmobile dealership and Curt Lance the general manager of the dealership stated that Bozeman died doing the thing he loved.

According to the American Motorcyclist Association Bozeman had set several world land-speed records and his hope was riding a Streamliner to reach 400 miles per hour he had stated in the last interview that he did for The Billings Gazette.

The accident that occurred at the Bonneville Salt Flats is still under investigation and investigators are still not certain what caused the bike to go out of control.
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 In Seattle criminal news, John Ogden, who went to trial for the skilling of his stepfather, was found guilty as an accomplice in the murder for hire of Ron Whitehead. The vote of the jury was unanimous and came after some 7 hours of deliberation.

 All in all, during the 3 week court case evidence including statements from Ogden were used and when he was sentenced he can face up to thirty years in the slammer. His mother was also arrested in the murder for hire and was sentenced earlier receiving a sentence of twenty years in prison. It appears that the evidence all pointed to a female that was looking for a way out of her marriage other than divorce. By the way if you are searching for a remarkable, reliable  Seattle Criminal Attorney then by all means please take a look at the superb and professional Law Offices of Mark Blair. He is not only a great Seattle criminal attorney but also serves the greater Seattle and Puget Sound region generally like Bothell, Tacoma, bellevue, Issaqua, Redmond and also Federal Way. Alright now back to the story at hand……

   The mother and son have been found guilty of paying one of John Ogden’s friends to hide in the vehicle of Ron Whitehead while he was driving to work and to fatally shoot him in the head. The defendent in question in this case later admitted to text messaging the friend identified as Wilson Sayachack explaining where to hide in the vehicle and what to generally do. He is due to be sentenced October 3, and this sentencing will be for first degree murder with special firearms enhancement.  I would say that is truly one dangerous guy and society is indeed safer with this criminal off of the streets. I would imagine that even his attorney wants hime off the streets on some level, if believes he is guilty.

   The actual accused shooter Sayachack has been to trial twice where both ended in mistrials and the prosecution is setting up for a new trial after what police believe to be the handgun used in the murder has been found.

   They also allege that taped phone conversations from the jail will prove that Sayachack was involved in the killing.

I wanted to give a shout out to Ehline law who wrote this cool excerpt about wife cheat, and political power grabber, John Edwards. Check it out.

According to reports the former personal injury attorney John Edwards is amid the latest scandal involving a former employee and possible child from the relationship.

In a stunning interview that was broadcast on ABC, John Edwards has admitted to having an affair with a woman that had been hired to make video clips for Edward’s political campaign in 2006.

The news of this affair was first brought to light in the Enquirer, which Edwards denied for many months until his recent admission to the affair with Rielle Hunter.

In the interview Edwards stated that he was ashamed of his choices and that it goes against what he did, he also stated that he had hoped it would not become public. He went on to say that his wife and family knew about this and have been working through it. Edwards also denies that he is the father of the child Rielle Hunter has had and that he has not taken a paternity test because the affair was ended prior to the time she would have become pregnant.

There is a lot of speculation about this affair and the fact that Rielle Hunter did not list a father on the birth certificate, she was paid $114,000 the video services that were webisodes that have been seen and is now living in the same gated community with one of John Edwards political operatives and friends Andrew Young. Young now insists that he is the father of the baby while he is also married with three young children; Hunter also denies that Edwards is the father of the baby.

Two things that Edwards did stress in the interviews he has given, other than he was wrong and came forward only because the tabloids would not stop and leave him and his family alone. Fact one he has repeatedly stressed that while he was having the affair his wife Elizabeth was in remission from breast cancer and the second fact is that is has stated that he will do what ever the Demicratic hopeful for president Obama asks of him.
It has been reported that it is doubtful with this admission that Edwards who had been hoping for a seat in the next administration will be asked.

It has also been reported that as late as July 22nd Edwards was seen coming from a hotel at nearly 3:00 a.m. in which Rielle Hunter and child were staying. This alone could present more problems for Edwards who ran into a hotel men’s room when he spotted reporters. Hotel security appeared on the scene and threatened the reporters who filed criminal complaints stating that the hotel security broke several California Penal Codes including false imprisonment.