Auto Accidents

Driver Fatigue Driver fatigue is a well-recognized cause of motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and fatalities. Most often we probably think of long-haul truckers and graveyard-shift…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has stricter guidelines for children in car seats than most states.  California is one of the most stringent…

Crash Testing Minicars In recent crash testing, minicars (such as Fiat 500 and Honda Fit) were the worst-performing group with regard to safety in the…

When a person is injured in an automobile accident, the physical injuries and time spent at a doctor’s office, or laid up on pain, will…

Guardrails are safety devices designed to protect drivers and passengers in cars that lose control. However, a recent study by the University of Alabama shows…

Commerce in the United States depends on the hauling and carrying done by the trucking industry, but safety issues are a concern given the severity…

Obviously, anytime a child pedestrian is struck by a motor vehicle the potential exists for serious traumatic injury or even death. A vehicle may have…

In addition to the causes we commonly think of for motor vehicle accidents, such as negligent drivers and drunk drivers, it’s also important to consider…

Managing pain after orthopedic surgery is vitally important to successful rehabilitation and recovery.   Proper pain management after surgery allows the patient to begin movement that…

Merriam-Webster defines wrongful death as “a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another.”  It is a legal…

In California, if someone is suddenly killed by the wrongful act of another, there are typically two actions that the heirs or the estate can…

It starts with Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Year’s Eve – the triad of big winter holiday celebrations that each year give us pretty decorations,…

It may be the sound – the deafening, horrifying crash.  Or it could be the feeling of helplessness as you see an out-of-control vehicle careening…

Brainstem Severed in Auto Accidents The brainstem is the deepest and lowest part of the brain. It connects the thinking parts of the brain with…

Sternal Fractures in Auto Accidents One car accident injury almost exclusive to drivers is the sternal fracture. This is a fracture involving one of three bones…