Sacramento Personal Injury News

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...

For those who have recently lost a loved one, the legal system can seen endlessly confusing and intimidating. However, the basics of a California wrongful death lawsuit can also be simple, and lead to your recovery of financial compensation for medical bills, funeral expenses, lost wages, and even real instances of pain and emotional suffering. Wrongful death claims may arise where a loved one is killed in a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, workplace accident, or in a medical malpractice case. The...

Collect Critical Evidence to Prove Your Slip and Fall Injury Claim If you have been a victim of a serious slip and fall injury it is very important for you to build a strong injury claim to help protect your rights to fare compensation. Most people do not think to gather the critical evidence at the time of the accident to help support your claim. That is why we have provided useful information here to help you build a strong slip and fall injury claim....

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...

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...

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...

Good Samaritan Killed in Car Accident While Helping driver on Sacramento Freeway A good samaritan was killed today after stopping to help a stranded motorist on a Sacramento freeway. The California Highway Patrol stated that despite your good intentions under no circumstances never stop in the middle of the freeway. The deadly car accident happened on I-80, near the Norwood Ave offramp, not far from Highway 99. Accident investigators reported that around 2:30a.m. a Good Samaritan was assisting another driver who had ran out of...

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...