Posts under ‘auto accident surgery’

If you received any sort of medical treatment after the accident, you will have to worry about medical bills and health insurance claims as well as auto insurance claims. Auto insurance should cover your medical treatment, but hospitals prefer not to wait to work out who was at fault. If you were not able to [...]

Many people are surprised to hear a lawyer tell you that not every case needs an attorney.  But it’s true.  There are many cases where a person can do just fine resolving the claim on their own.
There are some lawyers who disagree with me.  These lawyers will tell you that you should ALWAYS call a [...]

KOMO 4 News has reported that a severely injured cheerleader, Jessie Follett, has received incredible support from her local community when a benefit dinner was held in her honor.  The benefit was to raise money to pay for Jessie’s medical bills.  Jessie’s family did not have adequate insurance coverage to pay for her expected medical  [...]

I just got off the telephone with a client of mine who was quite upset over how her personal injury case was progressing.  It wasn’t her attorney, she explained.  What bothered her was that the accident occurred more than four years ago and the case was still going on.  A lawsuit had been filed two [...]

Yesterday there was 2-car crash that occurred in Seattle at or near the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Ferdinand Streets.  One of the drivers was an 83-year-old man who was trapped in his vehicle after it overturned following the crash.  Both drivers were taken to Harborview Medical Center.  There was no word on which driver [...]

King 5 TV recently reported that the number of uninsured motorist in Washington State is on the rise.  Approximately 17% of all motorists now have no insurance.  Washington now ranks 10th highest in the nation when it comes to the number of uninsured drivers.  Now King 5 is saying that this number is on the [...]

Friday, January 30, 2009
A serious car accident occurred today in the Interbay area, just south of Ballard in Seattle.  The accident involved a two-car, head-on collision which caused life-threatening injuries to both drivers.  Another passenger was taken to Harborview Medical Center by ambulance.
Negligent driving is the failure to exercise ordinary care, or the failure to [...]

I handle many auto accident cases where my client ultimately needs neck or back surgery.  Often times the surgery is not recommended for several months or sometimes years following the accident.  Unless the injuries were acute and severe (i.e., broken vertebrae, clear herniation, etc.), most back injuries are going to be treated conservatively.  Conservative treatment means the [...]