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California motorcycle accidents result in traumatic injuries for the rider and, in many cases, motorcycle accidents result in death. Since the end of the recession, the number of accidents and the number of deaths from crashes in California have increased statewide. One reason for the increase in the number crashes and fatalities on California roads is that the number of motorcycles on our roads has increased because of the growing interest in motorcycles during the past few years. Due to the nature of the vehicle, injuries are...

On this blog, it is rare that we get the opportunity to report on good news relating to personal injury cases in and around Sacramento CA. However, the return of Omar Rafi to his home after a three-month hospital stay following a catastrophic accident is one such piece of positive news. The 10-year-old Rafi was seriously injured after he and his father were hit while riding their bikes close to their apartment building on Edison Avenue in Sacramento. The crash happened when a car driven...

Sacramento medical malpractice lawsuits are intended to help injured people and their families recover the necessary financial compensation that was caused by the negligence of doctors or other medical professionals. As a Sacramento CA federal judge proved this week, the amount of recovery called for is often quite large in cases requiring ongoing care: $9.6 million. On October 28, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez ruled that Dr. Paul Davainis had waited too long to perform a C-section during a young child’s birth, despite...

Roseville CA Man Killed in Boating Accident On Monday, 55-year-old Ananiy Malinovsky, of Roseville, died in a boating accident on Tomales Bay on the north coast, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Department. Malinovsky had gone fishing near the tip of Tomales Point when his boat was hit by two huge and unexpected waves. One of the passengers, Alex Tupinov, managed to swim ashore and told family members about the wreck. “As soon as they came around some rocks, it was coming out of a...

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...

Animal Control Sweep Conducted After Fatal California Dog Attack Last month, 65-year-old Emilio Rios was found dead in the front yard of his home as the result of a dog attack from two unattended pit bulls. Another woman in Rios’ neighborhood was also attacked by the dogs, but escaped with minor injuries after the dogs were scared away by the sirens of police officers who had been called to the scene after the initial attack.Recently, Riverside County animal control officers captured 29 dogs in a sweep of Rios’ former...

Sacramento Attorney Tips On Identifing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Medical malpractice lawsuits can occur when a patient is injured by a medical professional who is negligent in providing appropriate medical treatments. It is a rarity but hospitals, doctors, lab technicians and nurses do make mistakes when treating their patients. It can be difficult to determine if you should move forward with a medical malpractice lawsuit if you are the victim of a medical professional’s neglect. One thing to note is that just because a patient...

Folsom Boulevard Shut Down Following a Fatal Single Truck Accident The driver of a full-size Ford pickup truck was involved in a single-car accident about 2:40 a.m. on Folsom Boulevard near Natoma Station Drive. It appears that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed, hit the center median and rolled his truck several time onto the side of the road. The California Highway Patrol reported that the Folsom Fire Department worked on getting the man out of the badly damaged truck for...

Defective Product Claim Points to Death of 13 People In Major Automaker Cover-up of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazards 10 of the world’s largest car makers should have recalled millions of keyless ignition switches that did not turn off when the drivers failed to manually push the stop button before exiting the vehicles. The defective product lawsuit claims that 13 deaths and many other serious injuries have been a result of carbon monoxide poisoning after the engines unknowingly continued to run. It was reported that 28 consumers filed...

Type 2 Diabetics Perscribed Onglyza & Kombiglyze More Likely to Suffer Heart Attack Our Defective Drug Attorneys Are Representing Victims of Onglyza & Kombiglyze A new study by the New England Journal of Medicine has the FDA looking into a possible recall of Onglyza & Kombiglyze XR. The study showed that there is a significant increase in potential heart failure for those diabetes patients that took the drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun an investigation to followup on their findings. Onglyza & Kombiglyze Could Be Pulled From the...