Sacramento Personal Injury News

Big Rig Tanker Truck Hits 2 Cars in Fiery Auto Accident on Sacramento Highway A fiery crash resulted on a Sacramento highway today when a tanker truck slammed into 2 cars while two other cars were also damaged on Interstate 80. Four people were injured as a result of the truck accident as traffic was backed up for hours while Sacramento emergency crews put out the fire and cleaned up the roadway. The CHP reported that the driver of the tanker truck, Darrin Demello of Sacramento, failed...

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...

Folsom apartment complex staircase collapse could lead to wrongful death suit A 27-year-old Folsom man died Saturday when a section of stairs fell on top of him after it collapsed. Initial reports indicated that the wrongful death accident could have been caused by dry rot in the apartment building. The accident occurred at 2:40 p.m. at The Legends at Willow Creek Apartments in Folsom. Two men were walking down the staircase when the lower section of the stairs gave way and sent one man to the...

Deadly I-5 accident in Sacramento Caused by a Drunk Driver A Sacramento resident was killed and three other people injured after a drunk driver hit a wall and light pole then walked into traffic as reported by the California Highway Patrol. The multi-car accident happened just after 4:00 a.m. when Timothy Bolton struck a safety barrier then a light pole on Interstate 5 in Sacramento. Bolton then exited his car and started running down the highway in an attempt to evade arrest. When Bolton ran into on-coming...

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...

Folsom residents rally to make a deadly intersection safer after middle school student dies in bike vs car accident An 11-year-old Folsom boy, Calvin Suh, was hit and killed by a car while riding his bike on Monday. His death has sparked a neighborhood rally requesting the city of Folsom to investigate how they can make the dangerous intersection safer for pedestrians and bicycle riders. The intersection currently has not stop signs, traffic lights or crosswalk in an area where many residents say drivers regularly drive...