Automobile Accidents

• Are You Really in Good Hands with Allstate?

  David Rosenthal | September 30, 2008 3:35 PM | 16 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Allstate Insurance is easily the most prolific advertiser of auto and casualty insurance lines. It runs a series of television commercials starring Dennis Haysbert (of Major League fame) that...

• Contributing Factors: The Good Samaritan v. The Jaywalker

  Amber Wheat | February 26, 2009 2:26 PM | 5 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A news story on MSNBC relates an incident involving a bus driver who pushed three people out of the path of an oncoming vehicle only to get hit by the truck himself. Jim Moffett risked his life and...

• Two Drivers Seriously Injured in Head-On I-5 Crash

  Todd Slaughter | February 12, 2009 11:23 AM | 5 CommentsRedding, CA

  ANDERSON, Calif. - A mid-afternoon crash on I-5 yesterday sent both motorists to Mercy Medical Center with major injuries. According to the Redding Record Searchlight, the crash occurred on I-5 near...

• Street-racing crash in Yorba Linda kills 68-year-old woman

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 10:17 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 68-year-old Orange County woman was fatally injured in an auto accident Sunday when she attempted to make a left turn from a residential neighborhood, The Orange County Register reported Monday. Police officials suspect that street racing may have caused the crash.Witnesses told Brea Police officials that two cars were seen speeding side-by-side, southbound down the hillside street of Fairmont...

• Pedestrian Hit by Lassen County Deputy

  Todd Slaughter | December 15, 2008 3:06 PM | 3 CommentsRedding, CA

  It is hard to believe that we are posting about another pedestrian vs. vehicle accident occuring in Northern California. On December 9, 2008 a 59-year-old Susanville woman was hit by a Lassen County...

• Drunk Driver gets a Slap on the Wrist for Fatal Crash

  Amber Wheat | October 23, 2008 5:25 PM | 3 CommentsSacramento, CA

  I was shocked and very upset to read about Troy Hovey’s sentencing. Judge Robert Glusman handed down the weak sentence of 180 days in jail and three years probation for taking the life of Amit...

• Serious Motorcycle Accident in Nipomo

  Nigel Whitehead | April 28, 2008 8:09 PM | 3 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  The San Luis Obispo Tribune reported a serious Ford Explorer v. motorcycle accident on April 26, 2008 on Highway 1 near Nipomo. The driver of the Ford Explorer turned left in front of the motorcycle...

• Toyota Floor Mat And Gas Pedal Defects--Do They Cause Wrongful Deaths?

  Claude Wyle | October 28, 2009 10:11 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.'s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a...

• Our Firm Obtains $4.5 Million Jury Verdict

  Amber Wheat | November 20, 2008 6:00 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A case study: The verdict came down on July 2, 2008, just eight days after the trial began. The case arose from a rear-end motor vehicle collision on November 16, 2005 involving an off-duty...

• Chronic Whiplash Pain Is Real, and Often Caused by Spinal Facet Injury

  Todd Slaughter | September 12, 2008 7:24 PM | 2 CommentsRedding, CA

  In an article published in late 2007 in the prestigious Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the often asserted position that whiplash injuries cannot result in chronic pain was...