Posts tagged personal injury

• How should I deal with an insurance adjuster?

  Jessica Grigsby | May 16, 2011 11:54 AM | 5 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After you’ve been involved in a car accident that involved injury to yourself or property damage to your vehicle, seeking—and getting—recovery from your insurance company can be...

• Stay visible on the road.

  David Rosenthal | August 23, 2010 4:27 PM | 4 CommentsChico, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Motorists have a several things competing for their attention on the road – other cars, bicyclists, motorcyclists, billboards and cell phones. While bicyclists and...

• What happens if I was injured in an automobile collision caused by an uninsured driver in CA?

  Jessica Grigsby | June 02, 2011 7:15 PM | 3 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Although having auto insurance is legally required in California, an estimated 15% of registered vehicles in the state are completely uninsured and countless others are underinsured. These...

• Can crash tax help to reduce the rate of accidents?

  John Demas | September 07, 2010 12:50 PM | 3 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Laws allowing local cities and governments to collect a fee for the cost of handling accidents have been on the books for years and many have. Now, in these tough economic times, even more...

• 10 ways to stop the cyclist killings

  Jessica Grigsby | July 11, 2011 2:23 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  While bicycle safety on our roadways is the responsibility of everyone—cyclists and motorists alike—unfortunately, the burden of ensuring safety usually f While bicycle safety on our...

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

  Jessica Grigsby | May 10, 2011 1:03 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Department of Transportation publication (DOT HS 805 878) lists the basic standards governing such features as: accelerator control systems, brake fluids, head restraints, roof crush resistance,...

• Smoke alarm will save your life

  Jessica Grigsby | February 22, 2011 1:24 PM | 2 CommentsChico, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Smoke alarms save lives. They provide an early warning in the event of a fire and allow yourself and your family to get to safety should a fire begin. In 2009, there was an estimated 1,348,500...

• Avandia Hearing - FDA Exposed as Negligent

  Susy Owen | June 17, 2007 12:52 PM | 2 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Avandia is a type 2 diabetes drug that has been taken by a millions of people all over the world. According the IMS Health, a medical tracking firm, in 2006 alone, US doctors wrote 13 million Avandia prescriptions. It is known that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignored repeated warning pertaining to increaded cardiac risks associated with this drug for years. The numbers are really...

• Fire Dept. Pays $2.7 Million to Settle Dog Food Dinner Discrimination Case

  Patrick DeBlase | November 11, 2006 2:33 PM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  African American man fed dog food by fellow firefighters in the Fire Department obtains racial discrimination settlement.Discrimination is alive and well. Through the outstanding work of a plaintiffs' attorney in Los Angeles, racial discrimination in the Los Angeles Fire Department was exposed and those responsible brought to justice. Two firefighters purchased and mixed dog food into...

• The Deadly Dangers of Children’s Portable/Inflatable Pool

  John Demas | June 20, 2011 5:59 PM | 1 CommentSacramento, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Far too many small children keep drowning in inflatable pools. We must realize that small children can just as easily drown in inflatable pools as they can in bathtubs or larger pools. One...