One of the most dangerous types of accidents happens when a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle. Bicyclists are completely defenseless against a 3,000-plus pound car or truck, even when wearing the proper safety gear. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that 818 cyclists were killed in motor…
Wrongful Death
The children of a Navy veteran have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. According to a news report on Military.com, the 72-year-old man, who had served in the Vietnam War, died from a traumatic brain injury a week after he fell in his…
One man has passed away and nine others have been hospitalized as the result of a Sacramento botulism outbreak that has been linked to contaminated nacho cheese dip sold in an area gas station. According to a CBS News report, health officials have said tests have confirmed that the botulism…
Rapper Young Jeezy Jenkins, concert promoter Live Nation and others, are facing a wrongful death lawsuit. This lawsuit is in connection with the 2014 fatal shooting of concert promoter Eric Johnson at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The shooting happened on Aug. 22, 2014 backstage during the tour’s stop…
Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against two Eureka nursing homes alleging that neglect and lack of nursing staff led to the deaths of two patients in 2016. According to a news report in the Times-Standard, both men died after developing severe pressure ulcers that became infected when they resided…
Losing a loved one is the probably the most difficult experience we go through as human beings. However, when a loved one dies as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, the pain and grief is even greater because of the knowledge that this was a death that could…
Around 6 a.m. last Thursday, a crash involving a big rig FedEx truck occurred, blocking all northbound lanes at Fruitridge Road and Seamas Avenue. Reports reveal that the double-trailer FedEx truck was traveling south on I-5 in heavy rain. The driver lost control of the rig, causing it to hit…
Due to a dramatic increase in drownings along the Sacramento and American Rivers this summer, officials are going above and beyond the usual enforcement steps to make sure of the community’s safety. KCRA 3 reports that over the past month and Labor Day weekend, state rangers and police were out…
A wrong way, head-on crash on Interstate 80 northeast of Sacramento has claimed the lives of three people. The California Highway Patrol stated that the three victims, Kendra Langham, 18, Mathew Beard-Witt, 18, and Matthew Azar, 20, were driving east on Interstate 80 with Azar driving. At about 2:10 a.m….
A fiery crash near Sacramento, occurring about 1:30 a.m. on Friday in Fair Oaks, has left four people dead and two more hospitalized with serious injuries. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesman, two vehicles collided head on, resulting in a fiery crash. One of the vehicles, a Buick LeSabre,…
