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Accident news and discussion of related legal issues.

Author: Editor Edward A. Smith is a Sacramento, California, personal injury lawyer.

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Recent Posts from Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Statistics
Very, very interesting stuff. Their website has many different statistics, guides, and safety curriculums. Thanks to a post by Beth Janicek, my attention was brought to the 2007 reports on traffic accidents and fatalities. Now,…
Yo-Yo Rides Recalled by Chance Rides Manufacturing
Amusement park rides are meant to give patrons a thrill, but this ride goes a bit too far. With defective and dangerous parts, the Yo-Yo ride made by Chance Rides Manufacturing was involved in two…
Colusa Bus Crash Highlights Dangers of Negligent Hiring
The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the driver of a bus that crashed in Colusa on Sunday was hired by the bus owner the week before after posting to an online classified ad for the…
The Roads are Dangerous on Election Days
A new study published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association compares the number of deaths and serious injuries in collisions on election days than to other Tuesdays in October and November and the…
Are You Really in Good Hands with Allstate?
Allstate Insurance is easily the most prolific advertiser of auto and casualty insurance lines. It runs a series of television commercials starring Dennis Haysbert (of Major League fame) that cleverly portray real life situations, such…
Consumers to Have Access to Vehicle Information and History Before Purchasing a Used Car
Thanks to a ruling last week from a San Francisco Federal Judge, insurance companies and salvage yards will be required to submit information regarding salvaged and stolen vehicles to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information…
Governor Vetos "Lap-Dog" Bill
The governor is finally working through the 766 bills that crossed his desk during the budget crisis. Among these was AB2233. Brought by Assemblyman Bill Maze, the bill was meant to outlaw the practice of…
The FDA, part 4 (The last part, I swear)
Despite all my research, the FDA is still one big mystery to me. I think I would understand more about what they protect us from if the public had access to information about drugs and…
The FDA, part 3
Maybe some people were surprised at last Thursday's report from the Government Accountability Office which states the FDA is letting contaminated produce fall through the cracks and onto our plates, but I was not.After everything…
The FDA, part 2
The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for a wide range of products, but the one people think of most often is prescription drugs. As I said in my earlier post, the FDA was originally…