Auto Accidents

UM (Uninsured Motorist) insurance is most always available in Hit and Run Accidents. A pedestrian was killed in a hit and run collision involving early…

West Sacramento Bridges the Gap with Sacramento! What:  Open House – Broadway Bridge Feasibility Study – The public is invited to an open house to…

Elk Grove Motorists Fleeced by cops I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and my Grandfather and several Uncles were all cops. I think they…

or — Why am I Sitting at a Red Light? Traffic signals and timing may be controlled in a variety of different ways depending upon…

The City of Elk Grove has utilized signal synchronization along many streets within its limits.  The purpose of signal synchronization is to make traffic patterns…

TEXTING AND DRIVING ACCIDENT KILLS FATHER, INJURES SON A man who fled Afghanistan to escape the violence of the Taliban was killed ten days after…

Elk Grove is a rapidly-growing suburb of Sacramento, California.  As is common with suburban areas in California, it is primarily dependent upon automobiles for transportation…

What to do after a car accident? You’re on the way to work, on a Monday morning, listening to the new KZAP station and suddenly,…

Today we will examine whether installing a dash cam (dashboard camera) in your vehicle is a worthwhile endeavor.  These days you cannot escape cameras.  Everyone…

Breaking a bone is always painful and includes inherent recovery time, but trimalleolar ankle fractures present special challenges – in this post we will look…

Aggressive driving has become an all-too-common and dangerous  problem on California highways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has named aggressive driving as a…

Tinnitus — a chronic condition of ringing or other sounds in the ears, the symptoms of which can range from annoying to disabling — can…

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer and over the years many clients have come to me with serious injuries and no witnesses to the…

There are unique challenges when representing elderly clients in personal injury cases.  Sometimes the injuries suffered in the subject event are discounted by doctors, insurance…

Almost every home in America has a medicine cabinet or shelf filled with prescription bottles of drug medication. We all have that shelf or drawer…

If you are struck and injured by a vehicle that jumped a curb while walking or standing on a sidewalk you certainly have an injury…