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A Rocklin Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Efrain Gonzalez, has been sentenced to 3 months of house arrest. Dr. Gonzalez, a former Rocklin Plastic Surgeon, could also face civil charges of medical malpractice if former patients decide to file a claim in Rocklin, CA courts. As part of Efrain’s no contest plea deal, he was ordered to pay $100,000 into a victim compensation fund for those patients that decide not to file a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Rocklin. The charges filed against him were for tax evasion and performing medicine...

Texting Driver Veers off Roadway Killing Sacramento Bicyclist and Seriously Injuring His Son Mustafa Rafi and his son were riding their bikes in a designated bike lane in Sacramento when Desman Carrino, distracted by his cell phone, ran them over. It was reported that Rafi admitted to looking at a text message on his phone right before hitting the bicycling accident victims on a Sacramento street. The bicycle accident occurred around 10am on Edision Avenue in Sacramento. Rafi died shortly after being rushed to the...

5 Signs for Identifying Nursing Home Elder Abuse in Sacramento & Folsom CA Elder abuse is any type of mistreatment that leads to the harming or death of an elder person. There are reportedly over two million elder abuse cases annually which include: neglect, sexual abuse, exploitation, emotional and physical abuse. With over 35 million individuals in the US that are age 65 or greater it is important to be able to catch the signs of elder abuse early before harm is done.  As our...

Tips on How to Hire a Medical Malpractice Attorney in Sacramento, California Every day we depend on healthcare professionals to help us when we are sick or injured. We would never expect that the very doctors we depend on for our good health would actually make a mistake that could cause us more harm. Unfortunately mistakes are made and when this does happen to you or a loved one you need an experienced medical malpractice attorney to defend your rights. We have provided helpful tips...

A California water park in California had a potential chemical leak that sickened dozens of people. The public swimming pool was shut down Thursday after many of the guests started becoming ill. Adults and children swimming there had sore throats, skin rashes and some were vomiting. Local emergency crews arrived to help almost 40 victims of the potential chemical spill. Authorities searched for the cause by they did not find the source of the leak. Sodium hypochlorite, a chemical disinfectant, is commonly used to disinfect...

Consumer groups in Sacramento report that CarMax is selling cars with known product recalls The Auto Reliability and Safety Foundation and the California Public Interest Research Group has requested that the California Attorney General and DMV look into CarMax’s policies that could mis-lead consumers into buying used cars with recalls that have not been repaired. Some of these defective product recalls include dangerous airbags, defective ignition switches and defective fuel tanks that could catch on fire in an auto accident in Sacramento and throughout California. These groups want...

U.S. FDA Recalls Defective Medical Device Zimmer Knee Persona® Tibial Plate The FDA has recalled the defective medical device known as the Zimmer knee replacement which is very likely to fail. The Zimmer Persona® Trabecular Metal™ Tibial Plate is an individual part of three primary components of the knee replacement that has a tendency to pull away from the leg bone structure. People that have the Zimmer knee replacement installed are showing high rates of joint instability. The defective medical device is also showing radiolucent...

Takata Airbag Defective Product Recall Could Affect 25% of All Autos on the Road The average consumer never thinks much about the airbags in their car but when that rare accident does strike we fully expect them to work properly. But it has been discovered that many airbags on the road today could possibly do more harm to an car accident victim in Sacramento then the accident alone. In the event of an auto accident airbags are designed to deploy quickly providing an inflated cushion...

FedEx trucking accident caused deadly collision with tour bus near Sacramento After a long CHP truck accident investigation it has been determined that the driver of a FedEx tractor-trailer veered off the highway and through the center divider which led to the head on collision with a tour bus full of high school students. Unfortunately the CHP reported that they could not figure out why the FedEx driver, Timothy Paul Evans, sent his tractor-trailer across the center divider and into the path of the tour bus....

Reckless and distracted driving by Sacramento teens is targeted by the California Office of Traffic Safety The most deadly impact to teen drivers is reckless and distracted driving. Teens can learn that this number one killer is preventable as long as they make good choices when it comes to driving. Sacramento area drivers are becoming more and more aware that texting, applying make-up, eating and other distractive behaviors, while they are behind the wheel, can kill people. It has been shown that almost 99% of...