Personal Injury Blog

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...

Of course, no one has studied this to be sure but it definitely seems like this could be the case based on recent Sacramento FedEx truck accidents. Just in the last six months, at least three Fed-ex trucks have been involved in truc accidents in and around Sacramento. Last month, a Fed-ex driver was accused of causing a truck accident that injured a California Highway Patrol Officer while under the influence of narcotics.  The Fed-ex driver caused a collision on I-80 in Vallejo in October 2015 in...

According to one recent study, medical malpractice is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States.  The authors of the study indicate that medical errors are not being reported as often as they occur because of the way causes of death are coded for death certificates. When the most common causes of death are compiled each year, the causes are compiled by analyzing the international code for the cause of death on death certificates. Because there is not an International Classification of Disease (ICD)...

Last month a three-car crash shut down a portion of Sacramento’s Broadway between 42nd and 43rd Streets for hours as crews worked to free people for the wreckage and clear debris from the road. Investigators worked for hours trying to determine what caused the three vehicles to collide on the rain-slicked road. Firefighters had to cut one driver out of the mangled vehicle. According to reports, no alcohol or drugs were found in the cars and the weather made it difficult to determine the direction...

School is out and the kids are ready for some summer fun; however, parents need to be aware of one potential danger this summer — drivers. Pedestrians are at risk for injuries throughout the year because of careless or distracted drivers; however, the summer months are especially dangerous for children. Many children play outside during the summer months increasing their risk for injury in pedestrian accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 236 children under the age of 14 were killed in...

Are you going on a summer road trip?  If so, you may want to consider purchasing a global positioning system (GPS), especially if you are travelling to an unfamiliar destination. A GPS can help prevent some scary moments by preventing you from becoming lost in a dangerous area of an unfamiliar town. What is the Global Positioning System (GPS)? The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of...