Car accident injuries can range in severity, and while some people may notice symptoms immediately, others may develop issues days, weeks, or even months afterward. Adrenaline is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that can run particularly high when...

Every year, California’s Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) releases its Annual Report, providing an overview of traffic safety statistics, as well as programs, activities, and initiatives put forth by the organization in the previous fiscal year. The 2020 report included...

With nearly 63 million U.S. households owning dogs (and an estimated 77 million dogs living in those homes), dog bites are an everyday occurrence. You don’t have to look far to see a report of a dog bite attack in...

If you follow the news, you may have heard various stories related to Tesla ‘Autopilot’ mode car accidents. According to Tesla’s website, the vehicle maker’s Autopilot function enables “your car to steer, accelerate, and brake automatically within its lane.” However,...

Hit-and-run car accidents are not only incredibly frustrating, they can be dangerous – often resulting in serious injuries or even fatalities. And although hit-and-runs are occasionally reported on the news, they actually occur much more often than people may realize....

While coronavirus pandemic lockdowns caused the majority of us to be stuck at home and only using our cars for essential errands, the roadway fatality rate paradoxically skyrocketed in 2020. As we noted in a blog from last September, early...

A Monday afternoon trip to Trader Joe’s unexpectedly turned into a high-speed chase for a local woman after her car was hit at an intersection and the other driver failed to pull over. After exiting the parking lot and proceeding...

Former University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) gynecologist, Dr. James Heaps, was indicted on 21 counts of various sexual abuse offenses Monday. The grand jury indictment unsealing brought additional charges against Heaps, who now faces a total of 21 felony...

When a Kansas prosecutor refused to bring charges after a woman accused a man of rape, the alleged victim took the law into her own hands. Madison Smith, a 22-year-old graduate student at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, has spent...

Car accidents can occur in many different ways and under a variety of circumstances. They can also have numerous classifications, like hit-and-run, rollover, and multi-car crashes. In this blog we will review the different types of car accidents and identify...