Oakland Legal Issues Blog

We all know that seat belts and airbags are essential to the safety of automobile drivers and passengers — but what if the driver or passenger is pregnant?

If you’re in the late stages of pregnancy, you may be feeling some discomfort and uncertainty while fastening your seat belt. You may even be questioning whether a seat belt and airbag could somehow cause your unborn child harm in an accident. Don’t worry! If used correctly, seat belts and airbags significantly lower the chances of injury in a car accident for everyone — including pregnant women.

No matter your size and stature, succumbing to gravity through a slip and fall can have damaging consequences on your physical health. A crash on the hard floor surface may happen in an instant. Before you know it, you could suffer from a slipped disc, fractured hip, broken wrist or even a traumatic brain injury. The possibilities of bodily harm are limitless.

Not only do slip and fall victims manage the medical aspects of their injuries, there is often a legal aspect as well. Depending on the details of the accident, it may be the fault of the business or another person’s property. Your injuries are deserving of justice when they occur because of the negligence of others.

When people in California buy meat in a grocery store, packaged up tidily in plastic foam trays, they may not give much thought about how the meat got there. From raising the livestock to getting the meat on the supermarket shelves, many different tasks must be completed. For some people, this means making a living butchering meat in a packinghouse. However, working in a packinghouse can be very dangerous.

For example, beef-processing workers could have their fingers or hands amputated when handling or cleaning machinery or cutting large pieces of meat. Assembly line workers can develop repetitive strain injuries. It is important that workers are trained properly. For example, using machinery such as fork lifts can lead to caught-between injuries if the person operating the fork lift is not properly trained in doing so.

The construction industry can be incredibly dangerous. As a construction worker, you understand this firsthand. Recently, you sustained a small injury at work. At the time, you thought nothing of it, since it seemed to be minor and you didn’t experience much pain.

But your injury has had unintended consequences that are disproportionately large. You used to be able to make good money in the construction industry. But after your accident, you had to take on a new job—one that pays much less.