Sacramento Injury Attorney Blog

A recent article highlighted a frightening trend - California bicycle accidents are on the rise and the town of Lodi is near the top for communities of its size for the number of bicycle-vehicle accidents.

If you have been in a Lodi bike accident, call an experienced California bike accident lawyer for crucial information and to help you get the compensation you deserve.

Statistics show that for children younger that 15, the Lodi bike accident rate is among the highest in the state. In 2009, Lodi ranked third out of California cities with a population of 50,000-100,000. Alameda ranked number one.

In order to reduce the severity of injuries occurring from bike accident, the Lodi Police Department is ramping up bike traffic enforcement, including issuing tickets for failure to wear a helmet. Other laws to be aware of include:

•Bicyclists must obey traffic signals
•Bicyclists should ride in the same direction as traffic, not against it
•Bicycles must be walked in an intersection or crosswalk
•Bikes should not be ridden on the sidewalk in a business district

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Nestle has announced a Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatball recall affecting more than 17,000 packages as the result of consumers finding pieces of red plastic in their food.

Nestle has suggested that the plastic came from a red emergency stop button, although the plant where the packages were produced reports no buttons were broken and the "emergency stop" buttons were not located near food transit locations.

If you believe you have purchased an affected product, you can contact the company directly through its website.

The recently enacted Food Safety Law aims at protecting consumer from harm as the result of contaminated food products and food borne illnesses both by lessening their frequency and imposing penalties. If you have become sick or suffered harm as the result of consuming or purchasing a contaminated product, contact an experienced California personal injury lawyer to begin investigating your case.

The new laws hope to make your food safer and include the following important provisions:

• Mandatory recalls - The FDA may now order a company to recall a product were a company fails to initiate one.
• Mandatory inspection - The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to rank the food facilities with the highest risk for contamination and inspect the facilities at least once every three years.
• Greater access to food facilities records.
• More control over standards for imported food.
•Implementation of preventative measures, including the identification of critical points where food could become contaminated.

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News from Marin County reports that a man has been arrested on a suspicion of drunken driving. The man is charged with causing a drunk driving accident after his car collided with a median wall and caused eight cars to run into each other.

If you have been injured in a drunk driving auto accident, contact an experienced Sacramento personal injury lawyer to begin investigating the incident and help you obtain the compensation you deserve.

Here, the man's Saturn coupe struck the median causing approaching cars to swerve, leading to a chain reaction of five other collisions. Although several people suffered injuries, none were life threatening.

If you have been in a car accident, the first thing to do is to do your best to determine whether you or anyone else in your vehicle needs medical attention. Even if immediate medical attention is not needed, be aware that symptoms often show up days or even weeks after an accident. Traumatic brain injuries are notoriously overlooked as they often are not recognized until days after an accident.

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The family of a man convicted of vehicular murder as the result of a Novato drunk driving accident must pay restitution to the family of the Novato girl he killed.

According to the Pacific Sun, although Edward Schaefer died after being stabbed on a San Quentin prison yard, his estate is still required to compensate the girl's family for lost wages as well as funeral and medical expenses.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a California drunk driving accident, a skilled drunk driving accident lawyer can help you obtain compensation for your injuries. Victims and their families may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, loss of wages, emotional distress and funeral expenses.

Here, Schaefer was cleared of his criminal conviction as the result of his stabbing death. But his death did not relieve his estate of his obligation to pay nearly $1.4 million to the estate of the family of the girl he killed.

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