Auto Accident

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…

The high cost of TENS unit seen by many personal injury clients.  Some clients involved in a collision will be seen by their physician and…

As an experienced personal injury lawyer since 1982, it gives me no pleasure to write the above headline.  Many of my friends (indeed my family)…

The term “phantom vehicle” about automobile accidents can mean a couple of different things to insurance companies.  It can refer to a vehicle that causes…

Seat belts have been perhaps the most important innovation in motor vehicle safety since automobiles were invented. However, even though these devices can greatly improve…

Speed tables, speed bumps and speed humps are similar structures in concept and they all come with a purpose of lowering vehicle speeds in order…

Tailgating (driving too closely behind another vehicle) is not only annoying, it is dangerous, and a common cause of rear-end accidents.  Tailgating is a pet…

  This is part 2 of a 2 part series on Diagnosing loss of smell. Part 1 of the article is here. After the patient…

Diagnosing Loss of Smell from Trauma  is a complicated process. Many times, people in motor vehicle accidents suffer head or brain injuries as a result….

Though it may seem a very ordinary occurrence during driving, executing a U-turn may be one of the most dangerous driving maneuvers, and a common…

By now, virtually all California drivers must know that it is against to law to drive while using the telephone unless the device is hands-free…

There is a recent boom in a brand new industry — ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft. As more and more vehicles with pink…

Traumatic Injury Rates Traumatic injury is far and away the leading cause of death in children in the United States, and a major portion of…