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Practice Area Type: Personal Injury

Sacramento Fireplace Injury Lawyers

Household fireplaces are fondly known as a source of heat and comfort. While open flames are widely respected as inherently dangerous, many people are unaware that fireplace injuries can be the result of defective products. If you or a loved one has been burned from a malfunctioning or faulty fireplace product, you may be able […]

Sacramento Denture Adhesive Cream Injury Lawyers

Warning! Your denture cream may be making you ill. As one of the 35 million denture wearers in the U.S., you may use an adhesive cream, such as Super PoliGrip or Fixodent, to hold your dentures firmly in place. But you may not know that those products could be making you extremely sick. Please read […]

Sacramento Lumber Liquidators Formaldehyde Lawyers

The experienced team of personal injury lawyers at Arnold Law Firm are currently investigating cases of health problems allegedly linked to Chinese-made Lumber Liquidator laminate flooring. A 60 Minutes investigation uncovered illegally high and unsafe levels of formaldehyde in the flooring. High levels of the chemical are linked to respiratory issues and cancer. You may […]

Sacramento County DUI Resources

Arnold Law Firm, Sacramento County DUI Lawyers, share the following DUI resources and statistics so that personal injury clients understand there legal systems that are operating after a drunk driving accident. While our firm will help you address the civil, financial, medical and insurance related consequences of your DUI accident, the driver will also face […]

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.