Posts under ‘car accident back surgery’

A good portion of our society believes that our justice system is out of control.  There have been dozens and dozens reports by the media over the years about how some person received milions of dollars from a jury for what at first blush appears to be a minor injury or insignificant dispute.  The

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Today a large semi-truck rear-ended a shuttle van that was carrying several disabled passengers.  The accident happened on Highway 512 in the Lakewood area of Pierce County.
Some of the passengers in the shuttle van were transported to a nearby hospital for possible neck and back injuries.  A spokesman for the Washington State [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]