Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Four Dead After Planes Collide in Southern California

  Jenny Albano | January 20, 2008 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four people have been confirmed dead after two planes collided over Southern California on Sunday, January 20.The two planes collided into each other at around 3:35 PM a mile from the Corona Municipal Airport and north of the Riverside Freeway.Debris rained down on car dealerships below in Riverside County about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and television pictures showed that the wrecked...

• Pileup in Fresno Kills 2 and Injures Many

  Jenny Albano | November 03, 2007 7:36 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, November 3, there was a huge pileup of over 100 vehicles near Fresno, California that ended up killing two people and injuring many more. A dense fog was blamed for the pileup.A 6-year-old and a 28-year-old who were traveling in separate cars were killed in chain-reaction collisions around 7:45 a.m. Several people trapped in vehicles had to be extracted and more than three dozen...

• Consumers Evaluate Auto Insurers for Fairness

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the past, consumers primarily purchased auto insurance by price, looking for the low cost insurer for the amount of auto coverage they desired. Over the past decade, however, car owners have increasingly come to the conclusion, often after bring involved in an accident, that the lowest cost insurer is often not the best one.Ottimes insurers blantantly ignore the interest of their...

• Medpay and Health Insurance Coverage in accidents

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 6:50 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many people in accidents have 2 types of insurance, the Medpay insurance on their auto policy as well as their health insurance at work. My fellow Injuryboard Attorney John Cooper recently wrote a great article on Medpay coveragethat explains that concept well and encourages clients to obtain high medpay limits.Medpay insurance is very cheap and I always encouarge my clients to elect minimally...

• Citrus Heights Crash Injures 3 Pedestrians

  Ed Smith | July 30, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident involving 2 vehciles on July 17th near the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights sent three nearbye pedestrians to the hospital in serious condition. The victims were taken to nearby Mercy San Juan Hospital.Pedestrian-Car collisions are often avoidable with simple safety precautions.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on...

• Driver Distractions

  Ed Smith | May 22, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  State Senator Carole Migden rear-ended vehicle while possibly talking on cell phone causing a three car accident.Driver distraction as a cause of motor vehicle crashes is an important issue. We find that drivers can be distracted by discussions with other passengers, eating or drinking, picking up things off the floor and changing radio stations. Another source that has become an increasing...

• Red Bluff man in critcal condition from Boating Accident

  Staff Writer | May 10, 2007 5:37 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Red Bluff man was critically injured on the Sacramento River when his personal watercraft collided with another watercraft on Monday evening. Thomas Moulton and his passenger, Kaylee Eiler were both injured when struck by a watercraft operated my a minor.The Coast Guard has promulgated rules for operating personal watercraft and careful adherence to such rules may prevent many accidents.If...

• California Fire Chief Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | April 16, 2007 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a single car accident in Lassen County, a high-level state fire official, 44, lost his life.He was the north region staff chief of operations for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.On Thursday, his car went off State Route 44, according to police. The accident is being investigated by California Highway Patrol, along with the department's internal investigation...

• Knee Injuries in Accident Victims

  Laura Mackie | March 15, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Dealing effectively with lawsuits where your client has suffered an injury to their knee requires a litigator to be familiar with the common medical problems specific to that area of the body. One such common diagnosis is chondromalacia patella, which means that there was a breakdown or softening of the cartilage in the knee. Instead of gliding smoothly across the bone, the kneecap rubs against...

• Buckle Up for Safety

  Laura Mackie | February 19, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to an article published in a recent issue of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, there are a total of nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries sustained by children (ages 18 and younger) every year. Of those 1,500 injuries, approximately 70% are a result of a motor vehicle accident. Among those children in that 70%, 68% of the time the victims were NOT wearing a seatbelt.Additional...