Car accidents are common throughout the United States. In Richmond, California, alone, there were 561 car accidents that caused fatalities and injuries in 2019. Likewise, Fairfield saw 563 car accidents causing fatalities and injuries in that same year. Most California car accidents are minor, causing only small bruises or cuts. But car accidents have the potential to cause severe...
Continue ReadingSeeking medical attention after a California car accident is critical to help identify and address injuries as soon as possible. Symptoms of a car accident head injury can appear hours, days, or even weeks after the accident. After a car accident, head injury symptoms might easily be explained away as a natural byproduct of being in an accident. After...
Continue ReadingYou know about obvious physical injuries after a California car accident, like broken bones and scratches. With the whirlwind of things that happen after an accident, though, concussion symptoms can get swept under the rug. This can lead to further harm to your brain. Educating yourself on the common symptoms of a concussion after a car accident can help...
Continue ReadingCar accidents are physically and mentally traumatic for all the individuals involved. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2019, 2,740,000 people were injured in car accidents. A car accident can cause many injuries, varying in severity, including broken bones. Broken bones from a car accident can take a great deal of time to heal. Depending on...
Continue ReadingReckless driving is driving with a wanton disregard for the safety of others. In California, this offense is a misdemeanor. Reckless driving can be driving aggressively, excessively speeding, racing, showing road rage, or any other pattern of driving that ignores the safety of others on the road. These are very dangerous behaviors that can cause serious accidents, injuries, and...
Continue ReadingCars that drive themselves, also known as self-driving vehicles, have been developed by Tesla and other companies and are supposed to be safer than normal cars. As this relatively new technology becomes more common, we will likely see an increase in the number of self-driving vehicles on the road. Automated cars could benefit disabled or elderly people with mobility...
Continue ReadingAs a pedestrian, you never plan to get hit by a car. So you probably have notthought about what to do after a pedestrian accident. However, the moments after a pedestrian-car accident are critical, both to your health as well as your ability to hold the at-fault party accountable. Thus, if you’ve been involved in an auto-pedestrian accident, it...
Continue ReadingHead injuries are one of the most serious types of injuries following a car accident. Among all head injuries, concussions are the most common. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury, usually caused by a jolt to the head. When the head experiences a sudden force, such as in a car accident, the brain can collide with...
Continue ReadingWhen we think of rear-end car accidents, we might picture a violent high-speed crash where a car is completely smashed with serious injuries to the occupants, and we might think of a minor fender-bender. Some crashes are bigger than others, and some injuries are much worse than others. However, the amount of damage you see on a vehicle does...
Continue ReadingOne concern about being seriously injured in a car crash is whether the at-fault driver has enough insurance. Does the negligent driver have policy limits to fully compensate out-of-pocket expenses and the pain and suffering you’ve endured? It’s not unusual for the at-fault driver to not have enough insurance. When this happens, injured people aren’t able to recover the...
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