It was the day after Christmas when Mirona Constantinescu decided to take a dockless Bird scooter from a café in Bankers Hill to her home just several blocks away.Cruising in the bike lane on Fourth Avenue, the 32-year-old hit the brakes around Laurel Street — but the scooter didn’t stop. “I pushed the break again, and I heard this beep, and the scooter starts going faster,” she said. “I had to make a very quick decision. I just veered into a parked car.”Constantinescu ended up in an ambulance with a broken wrist and has been doing physical therapy ever since. “It was so very, very scary,” she said, “and it happened in a split second.”This is just one of countless incidents that have resulted from faulty dockless scooters, according to the Consumer Attorneys of California, a trade group representing personal injury lawyers throughout the state. “These are big issues that our members are seeing,” said Nancy … [Read more...] about As concerns mount about injuries from faulty dockless scooters Bird pulls repair in-house
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Family of man beaten in Dodger Stadium parking lot hires former ‘Dream Team’ lawyer
The family of the 45-year-old man who suffered a skull fracture after being punched at Dodger Stadium has hired civil rights and personal injury attorney Carl Douglas.Los Angeles Police Department investigators are continuing their search for a man suspected of punching Rafael Reyna during an argument after Friday night’s Dodgers game, sending the 45-year-old to the hospital.Reyna is hospitalized in a coma, according to his family’s attorney.Douglas has represented a number of high-profile clients, and was once a member of O.J. Simpson’s “Dream Team” of defense lawyers. Reyna’s wife Christel told KTLA her husband fractured his skull when he fell in the parking lot after being punched and is on life support.She said she was on a Facetime call with her husband when he was attacked after midnight Saturday following the Dodgers’ six-hour game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.No arrests have been made and the cause of the fight remains under … [Read more...] about Family of man beaten in Dodger Stadium parking lot hires former ‘Dream Team’ lawyer
Lawyers look for the next blockbuster as literary agents
Home In-Depth Reporting Lawyers look for the next blockbuster as… By Darlene Ricker January 2019 Photo Illustration by Sara Wadford It’s a typical working weekend for Jeff Kleinman, Paul Levine and Priya Doraswamy. Kleinman is in Manhattan reading about a talking dog named Enzo; Levine is on a Los Angeles beach flipping through a memoir; and Doraswamy is in New Jersey watching a movie with her family. This is work? It is if you’re a lawyer-turned-literary-agent—or a successful one, anyway. Enzo’s musings turned into the New York Times best-seller The Art of Racing in the Rain. This coming spring, Kleinman will attend the movie premiere with his client, author Garth Stein. Jeff Kleinman: “I am not a salesperson. That’s not what I do. I share books I love with people who I think will also love them.” Photo courtesy of Jeff Kleinman. He may even have another blockbuster on his hands. While listening to NPR, Kleinman heard about … [Read more...] about Lawyers look for the next blockbuster as literary agents
Former lawyer who portrayed ‘Excuseman’ pleads guilty to client theft
Home Daily News Former lawyer who portrayed 'Excuseman' pleads… Criminal Justice By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted December 11, 2018, 9:08 am CST A former Chicago personal injury lawyer who appeared as the costumed character “Excuseman” pleaded guilty to felony theft Monday for stealing client settlement money. When he appeared as Excuseman, Jordan Margolis had faulted those who “mess up and don’t fess up,” report the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Now his fessing up to a single count in a plea deal could put him behind bars for up to three years when he is sentenced in June. Margolis, now 64, was accused in a May 2016 indictment of stealing $1.1 million from a series of clients by settling their cases without their consent and keeping the money. In court in Chicago on Monday, Assistant State’s Attorney Wayne Jakalski said Margolis stole from more than a dozen clients. Margolis spent money on his Excuseman character, according to the … [Read more...] about Former lawyer who portrayed ‘Excuseman’ pleads guilty to client theft
Breast implant injuries hidden as patients’ questions mount
WASHINGTON (AP) — To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually — a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of implant surgeries performed each year. Then last fall, something strange happened: Thousands of problems with breast implants flooded the FDA’s system. More than 4,000 injury reports filed in the last half of 2017. Another 8,000 in the first six months of 2018. Suddenly, women like Jamee Cook had evidence suggesting their suffering might be linked to their breast implants. An emergency room paramedic, Cook had quit her job because of a vague but persistent array of health problems that stretched over a decade, including exhaustion, migraines, trouble focusing and an autoimmune disorder diagnosis. Why had it taken so long for complaints like hers to see the light of day? Makers of breast implants were required to track patients and their … [Read more...] about Breast implant injuries hidden as patients’ questions mount