Car Accident Blog

Sacramento Residents Killed in Highway 99 Crash A motor vehicle accident on southbound Highway 99 has resulted in the death of two Sacramento residents, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. The fatal wreck that killed the two people happened on Friday morning. Tevis Haggard and Rosemary Haggard were driving a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) southbound on Highway 99 when the vehicle crashed hard into the center divider on the highway north of 47th Avenue. According to the California Highway Patrol, witnesses said the SUV was speeding and officers said...

Burglary, Car Chase Results in Folsom Wreck A bizarre chain of events occurring Monday morning led to one person being arrested, two being taken to the hospital, and traffic backed up behind a motor vehicle accident in a busy Folsom, CA intersection. The chain of events began when a wanted felon burglarized two businesses—a salon and clothing store—around 8:00 in the morning on Monday in Folsom. “The break-in was discovered by an employee of one of the businesses,” said Andrew Bates with Folsom Police Department. A police chase...

Accidents happen. But when you or a family member is involved in an accident that results in injuries—such as a car accident, slip and fall, or products liability—you may feel scared and unsure of where to turn. However, you should know that you have the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit against the negligent party who harmed you in order to recover the financial compensation needed to put your life back together. If you are considering filing a California personal injury lawsuit after...

Sacramento Car Accident Kills 61-Year-Old Railyard Worker A Sacramento car accident took the life of an area man on Sunday. Gary Edwin Lappin was driving to work at the Union Pacific Railyard in Roseville when he was hit by a car driven by 17-year-old Sergiy Stepanova. Stepanova was driving his 2003 Lincoln in excess of 100 MPH at the time of the accident, and had four passengers in the car ranging from 16 to 20 years old. The 61-year-old Lappin was due to retire next...

Let a Sacramento Personal Injury Attorney Protect Your Rights to Compensation Every year there are over 500,000 accident victims hospitalized because of car wrecks. Because of these accidents medical and property damages add up to almost $160 billion a year. Many of these car crash victims are not aware that they can file an accident injury lawsuit against the party responsible for the accident and might be able to get compensation for their injuries. California injury law can be very complicated and should not be taken...

If you have a car accident in Sacramento, CA don’t make these common mistakes. Many car accident victims don’t get the full compensation they deserve. This is most often due to the mistakes they make that hurt their injury case. Here are eight of the most common mistakes to avoid after having an auto accident in Sacramento, California. 1. Giving statements to the insurance adjusters before consulting a Sacramento, CA lawyer first. An adjuster will most likely try to get a recorded statement right after...

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...

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...

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...