Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
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…
Wrongful Death Claim in California
In common law jurisdictions — and this includes all states of the United States except Louisiana — a wrongful death claim is a type of claim that…
Dram Shop Law in California
Dram Shop law in California was originally designed to hold hold businesses and individuals liable for providing alcohol to clearly intoxicated individuals. Currently however, Dram…
Deaths due to Unintentional Injuries (Just the stats)
I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Wrongful Death Attorney and this article is one of a continuing series called “Just the Stats” that indicate the causes…
Employer Liability In Wrongful Death Accident
Many employees drive company vehicles either to and from work or for specific company related tasks. Wrongful death claims can be brought against a driver’s…
What is “Wrongful Death”?
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…
Statistics on Unintentional Deaths in California (Just the Stats)
Every year there are over 10,000 yearly deaths in California, mostly from motor vehicle accidents. There are more unintentional deaths from accidents in California than…
Waiving a Survival Action in California
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…
Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child
When an Unborn Child Is Killed in a Wrongful Death A complicated legal question is whether a wrongful death lawsuit can be filed when an…
Wrongful Death Due to Vehicle Defect
Wrongful death claims may be associated with a vehicle defect. Wrongful death claims associated with vehicle defects can include the following types of scenarios: brake…
Christmas Tree Fires are Killers
Christmas is a wonderful time of year for children, adults and most everyone. Nonetheless, every year Christmas Tree fires destroy 210 structures. Below is a…
Drunk Driving and the Holidays
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,…
How Attorney’s Investigate Electrical Injuries
Electrical Injuries Electrical injuries are caused by high voltage electricity and can lead to death or serious injury. Small amounts of current, less than 700…
Golf Cart Rollover Accidents – More Common than you Think!
Golf cart rollover accidents are actually fairly frequent occurrences and are known to cause severe injury. Golf cart rollover accidents can result in fatality especially…
Lawnmower Accidents – Safety Issues and Defective Design
Stats.org is a website that collects statistics allowing one to deduce risk factors for all sorts of incidents, including lawnmower accidents. According to their stats,…
Trampling Deaths and Injury at Music Concerts or Sporting Events
A common news event that occurs more and more frequently is the occurrence of injury and maiming at sporting events and music concerts. Trampling deaths…