Category Archives: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Car insurance often isn’t enough after major California crashes
Motor vehicles are as dangerous as they are convenient. It’s easy to take your safety and good driving history for granted until someone else causes a crash. All of a sudden, you may find yourself coping with two broken legs or a brain injury. You may need weeks off of work and expensive medical… Read More »
Don’t underestimate knee injuries in a crash
Many people who are involved in car crashes suffer knee injuries, usually from their knees slamming into the dashboard, glove compartment, steering wheel or back of the seat in front of them. Airbags can help prevent some, but not all, knee injuries. While they aren’t as serious as many other types of crash-related injuries,… Read More »
Signs of a traumatic brain injury following a car accident
Trauma to the head following a car accident can be disastrous. It could lead to a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and your life may never be the same. Your career, social circle, relationships with family and friends may all be affected once you suffer a TBI. Given that many TBIs are closed head injuries,… Read More »
The correlation between spinal injuries and mental health
Before your spinal injuries, life was probably very different. Your social life was vibrant, and you were hitting milestones in your career. However, all that came crumbling down following a car crash where you suffered severe spinal injuries. It’s a situation many spinal injury victims find themselves in, which may bear down on their… Read More »
Facial scarring leads to life-long challenges
There are many injuries that can occur in a crash. Burns are lacerations are possible. While these can be serious anywhere on the body, they’re often catastrophic when they occur to the face. They leave the possibility that the victim will have to deal with facial scarring for life. Having to deal with facial… Read More »
Can you collect pain-and-suffering damages in California?
If you are involved in an auto accident, your injuries may change your life immediately. Even if you are able to recover in the future, you may not be able to work or do your normal daily activities right now. You should know that you may be able to collect damages from the driver… Read More »
Emergency vehicle crashes are deadliest to others on the road
Most drivers do their best to pull over or otherwise get out of the way when they hear and/or see an emergency vehicle on the road. However, these vehicles still become involved in a number of crashes every year, and too many prove to be fatal. In 2019, 170 people suffered fatal injuries in… Read More »
Why many teens are driving too soon after a concussion
Fortunately for kids who play sports (and their parents), schools and athletic leagues are taking concussions much more seriously than they used to. If a child or teen suffers a blow to the head, they’ll often be removed from the field and required to see a doctor to determine for certain whether they suffered… Read More »
Bicycle helmets can’t prevent all concussions, so why wear them?
If you grew up in a time when the only thing kids wore helmets for was to play football, you may still think that we go a little overboard these days on child helmets. Here in California, the law requires anyone 18 years of age and under to wear a helmet while on a… Read More »
Serious injuries that may result from tractor-trailer crashes
Tractor-trailers are very large rigs that can cause significant damage to other cars and trucks on the roads. This can lead to significant injuries for the occupants of the other vehicle. Drivers of these big rigs must ensure that they’re driving safely. In some instances, the trucker might be driving safely when something else… Read More »
