Sacramento Personal Injury News

Last month a distracted California Highway Patrol Officer rear-ended the vehicle in front of him causing chain reaction that result in the death of a 15-year old. Weston Sites was a passenger in the back seat of a 2013 Hyundai in front of the officer’s patrol car. Reports state that the CHP officer was traveling northbound on Interstate 5 in Orland when he looked down at his computer screen. When the officer looked back up, traffic had slowed for a construction zone. The officer hit his...

YouWhat is a Closed Head Injury? A closed head injury can be difficult to diagnose because there is often no outward trauma to the head. A closed head injury occurs after a sharp blow to the had such as during a motor vehicle accident, slip and fall, workplace injury, or pedestrian accident. For example, a driver’s head violently collides with the steering wheel when a truck rams into the rear of the vehicle. Another example would be if a person fell on a slippery surface...

Furniture mega-giant Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers due to the danger posed to children. Several children died and many more children were injured after dressers or chests tipped over onto them. Several lawsuits are pending against Ikea by the parents of children who were injured or killed. According to one attorney, the number of deaths from accidents involving the furniture is actually seven and there are more than 70 injuries. The most recent case was a toddler in Minnesota who died after an Ikea dresser fell...

Millions of people are injured in slip and fall accidents each year in the United States. Many of these falls occur at home; however, thousands of people are injured in accidents at work, at another person’s home, or on commercial property. When you are injured on another person’s property, you may have a claim under California’s premises liability laws. If the owner of the property was negligent by allowing a dangerous condition to continue and you are injured, you may be entitled to receive compensation...

According to a report, a 19-year old Orangevale man died in a car crash at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Kenneth Avenue. The 19-year old was a passenger in a 2016 Kia Forte that was making a left turn onto Kenneth Avenue from Madison Avenue. Unfortunately, the driver of the Kia turned left in front of a 1003 Ford F250 resulting in a side-impact collision. The 19-year old was sitting on the side where the truck collided with the car. The 19-year old driver of...

Pool accidents typically fall under the category of premises liability (often referred to as “slip and fall” cases). However, as the tragic story below illustrates, pool accidents can also fall within other areas of law. Defective Pool Equipment Causes One Death and Several Injuries One man is dead, his daughter is in critical condition, and five others injured when they received an electrical shock while in a pool. When emergency personnel arrived, bystanders were performing CPR on 43-year-old James Tramel and his 9-year old daughter. Mr. Tramel...

A fire truck had to use its crane to pull an SUV out of a residential pool in Elk Grove after a crash. A neighbor, Carol On, heard a loud metal clashing sound and went to investigate. She saw two stop signs knocked over and a large hole in her neighbor’s fence. With several other people, she ran to her neighbor’s back yard to find an SUV sinking in her neighbor’s pool. On jumped into the pool and began fervently working to help the driver out of...

Putting your loved one in a nursing home creates a fear of neglect and nursing home abuse that never goes away. This is regardless of whether the nursing home has an excellent reputation or not. The key to preventing and/or stopping elder abuse and neglect is maintaining a close eye on your loved one. You need to closely follow the care provided by the nursing home. It is easy to mistake changes due to old age for abuse and/or neglect. Five signs that could be...

Is it more dangerous to drive at night? According to the National Safety Council, you are three times more likely to be in an accident resulting in a traffic death after dark. Driving at night is inherently more dangerous due to the lack of light, impaired drivers, fatigue, and rush hour. For drivers who have compromised night vision, the danger of being in a motor vehicle accident may be even higher because the driver may not see dangerous conditions in time to avoid them. Because most of...

Many of us spend a great deal of time in our vehicles taking children to school or other activities; traveling to and from work; running errands; or, enjoying an afternoon ride.  For your comfort and safety, there are a few items you should keep in your vehicle at all times. Below are three car safety kits that everyone should have in their car. Car Safety Emergency Kit Every driver should have an emergency car safety kit in the vehicle. An emergency kit should include a...