Our children are always our most precious cargo while on the road, and keeping young children safe in the case of a car accident is always one of the foremost concerns for any parent which is why experts have always promoted rear-facing car seats for infants and toddlers. Keeping your children in...
Celebrating new life can be one of the biggest joys parents have the blessing to experience. Knowing that together you have created a beautiful child, who you will soon be able to bring home and raise for many years, is truly exciting. The bond that parents can feel with their children is a beaut...
Brochures boast of event-filled days and are plastered with pictures of seniors smiling widely, chatting with friends in the lobby, or strolling through manicured lawns. While nursing homes certainly have the feel-good factor down pat, there is more to the story than meets the eye, and the Sacram...
Cereal giant General Mills announced Monday that it would be recalling approximately two million boxes of gluten-free Honey Nut and regular Cheerios after it learned that wheat may be present in the cereal. Wheat is an allergen for sufferers of celiac disease. The company was highly apologetic ab...
Santa Rosa officially asked the California Public Utilities Commission for authorization to create a street-level pedestrian and cyclist crossing at Jennings Avenue near Coddingtown mall. This solution would replace the city's original idea: building a bridge across Jennings Avenue for bicyclists...
In the past few years, more and more victims of clergy abuse have come forward to admit that they were sexually assaulted by the authorities within the Catholic church. Oftentimes these victims kept the abuse a secret for year because they didn't want to expose an embarrassing area of their life....
While many personal injuries are caused by the negligent acts of another person, such as a car accident caused by a drunk driver, there are also physical items that can cause injury as a byproduct of negligent people and companies as well. Defective product liability claims are essentially seekin...
On a daily basis, motor vehicle accidents of some sort are occurring. Whether these accidents are between two common cars on the road, a car and a pedestrian or even a large big-rig truck; victims are incurring severe if not fatal injuries as a result. Trucking accidents can be among some of the ...
Distracted driving has been a significant factor in California car accidents for many decades. Driver distraction appears to be on the rise with the use of cell phones and texting. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), talking on a cell phone or texting is the number one sou...
A construction defect in California can end up costing you thousands of dollars, not to mention headaches and stress. If you have a construction dispute, centered around either commercial or residential property, you may need an experienced construction defect lawyer to help you obtain compensati...
If you have been injured in an accident, you may have questions about what happens next. You may be wondering how you will pay your medical bills, how long you'll be out of work, or whether it is worth it to take legal action against the person who caused your injury. We understand that this can ...
Elder Abuse Crimes Elder abuse is low key one of the worst crimes in our American society, and the saddest part about this crime is that little to no major news outlets cover it to the extent that they should. That's exactly why independent filmmakers and journalists have taken it on their own to...
It's impossible to predict a future car crash, and as careful as we all are behind the wheel, you'll never know when a fateful moment will happen in which your vehicle gets into a car accident. Even if you are a safe driver, there is always the off chance that you'll loan your car to a friend or ...
Main Takeaways: Children 8-years-old must sit in the backseat of the vehicle in a child passenger restraint system. Children 2-years-old must be in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system. Under California law, there is a $100 fine for the first offense and a $250 fine for the secon...
Main Takeaways: Depending on the circumstances of your car accident, you may need to file a report with the DMV, the police, and your insurance company. To report to the DMV, you must fill out and submit the SR-1 form within 10 days. If you fail to fill out and submit a car accident report...
Emergency Safety Kit Many drivers don't think about having an emergency safety kit in their vehicles until it's too late and they are in desperate need of assistance. Once you or a loved one experiences this kind of desperation, you'll likely never leave home without an emergency safety kit in yo...
Connecting with your loved ones is always one of the greatest joys life brings, and for many seniors in care or living in skilled nursing homes, the enjoyment they get through spending time with their visiting loved ones can be very special. Many mental illnesses, like dementia and Alzheimer's, c...
Main Takeaways: Bicycle hand signals are part of California law for bicycling The three signals are left arm extended straight out to the left side (for a left turn), left arm extended and bent upward at a 90-degree angle (for a right turn), and left arm extended and bent down at a 90-degree...
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as wound-vac therapy, is a type of medical treatment used to help heal abdominal wounds or other wounds on the body. The process involves placing sponges and dressings over the wound and using a vacuum tool to suction out blood clots and other th...
Blunt force trauma is best defined as a “relatively low-velocity impact over a relatively large surface area.” In practice, it usually manifests itself as a blunt object impacting the body in a non-penetrating manner. Some real-world examples of blunt force trauma might include an ornament fa...
A top priority for insurance adjusters is to reduce the exposure to losses against your claim. He or she accomplishes this goal by denying it or finding a way to reduce its value. The techniques they use put you in an awkward position since medical bills are piling up. Plus, the adjuster assigned...
After filing a car accident claim, you will most likely be asked to provide all different types of medical documentation. This is done not only for insurance companies to assess the value of your claim, but to determine which of your injuries were a result of the accident and which were pre-exist...
Filing a personal injury claim can be a stressful and expensive endeavor to undertake—especially given the uncertainty of securing the best accident settlement possible. The unfortunate reality is that insurance companies and defense attorneys alike will take every possible measure to ensure that...
Is gross negligence the same as negligence? Careless mistakes or inattention that result in injury are identified as negligence, while deliberate and reckless disregard for the safety of others is identified as gross negligence. While the difference between the two might not be readily apparent f...
Coup, contrecoup, and coup-contrecoup are terms used to refer to specific types of traumatic brain injuries caused by blunt force trauma to the head. In these injuries, there is penetration to the head or skull; instead, brains suffer from bruising and internal bleeding due to the impact. This ty...
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