Big, clunky car seats may seem cumbersome and inconvenient to deal with at times. Add on top your child's complaints about having to stay buckled and you may feel tempted to not enforce the whole thing. However, evidence supports the importance of a car seat to...
Personal Injury
Protecting your child with the right car seat
Big, clunky car seats may seem cumbersome and inconvenient to deal with at times. Add on top your child's complaints about having to stay buckled and you may feel tempted to not enforce the whole thing. However, evidence supports the importance of a car seat to...
What constitutes distracted driving?
Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol is a well-known major cause of traffic accidents and arrests. There is less known about distracted driving, although awareness is increasing among the general public. While there are certain tests that people...
A visit to the doctor is key even after a minor vehicle collision
According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, rear-end collisions account for about 29% of all vehicle accidents resulting in severe injury. As the victim of a minor crash, you may feel OK generally, but a visit to your doctor is essential...
Can you trust your Jeep’s headlights?
When you drive at night, you use your headlights to illuminate the road in front of your vehicle. Your headlights also allow approaching drivers to identify your position. Regrettably, if you drive a newer Jeep Wrangler, you may not be able to trust your headlights....
Should you worry about trucker boredom?
While some of the semi-trucks that fill California's roadways are local, many others come from far away. Consequently, when you pass a commercial truck, you may not know whether its driver has been on the road for five minutes, five hours, five days or five weeks....
Can your car’s airbag trigger a serious asthma attack?
If you are ever in a motor vehicle accident, you are likely to be appreciative of your car's airbags. After all, when airbags deploy properly, they provide a cushion-like barrier between your body and the hard surfaces of your car. These innovative safety features may...
Nursing home liability in neglect cases
If you are like most people, you probably agonized over placing someone you love in a nursing home. You did all the research you could to find the facility that cares. Federal and state regulations require that these homes provide reasonable levels of care based on...
Caring for a loved one with a TBI
Traumatic brain injuries often impact those who suffer them, as well as their families. According to the California Department of Rehabilitation, approximately 1.7 million people suffer new traumatic brain injuries each year across the U.S. The effects of such harm...
Do not ignore delayed symptoms after an accident
Not all car accidents result in immediate symptoms. In some crashes, especially minor ones, symptoms may take a day or more to appear. Although it may be tempting to ignore these symptoms, some of them can lead to chronic issues if not treated. Others may indicate a...
Reviewing large truck accident fatality data
If you worry about finding yourself in a serious large truck crash, or you recently lost someone you love in such an accident, it is very important to take a closer look at this issue. On the road, large trucks are especially dangerous, not only because of their size...