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Practice Area Type: Personal Injury

Sacramento Premises Liability Lawyer

Premises Liability Attorneys in Sacramento If you’ve been injured because of unsafe property conditions, you don’t need to figure everything out alone. At Arnold Law Firm Accident & Injury Attorneys, we’ve been helping people in Sacramento for decades. Our team has handled many types of premises liability claims—everything from falls in stores to injuries caused […]

Sacramento Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

Why Choose Arnold Law Firm for Your Sacramento Pedestrian Accident Case The hard truth about pedestrian cases in California is that the pedestrian almost always had the right of way, and the insurance company will almost always try to convince you otherwise. The first call you get from the at-fault driver’s adjuster will frame your […]

Personal Injury Attorney in Sacramento

Why Choose Arnold Law Firm for Your Sacramento Personal Injury Case Personal injury is not one kind of case. It is a category of cases that share a common structure: someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing has caused you harm, and California law gives you a path to recover compensation for what you have lost. The […]

Sacramento Insurance Bad Faith Lawyer

Individuals will often file personal injury lawsuits after an insurance company has acted in bad faith. The fraudulent deception of another person or the intentional or malicious refusal to perform some duty or contractual obligation is referred to a bad faith. California drivers pay car insurance premiums so that in the event of an accident, […]

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.