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Recentlly I took the deposition of a woman who had been using her cell phone to talk while driving her car.  She had left a bar in Bellevue after working all day.  She admitted to drinking one glass of wine.
This woman then caused a car accident by rear-ending my client at 30 mph.  Her car [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Often I am asked what is the biggest mistake that personal injury victims can make.  I discuss the most common mistakes that I see representing personal injury victims in my book, “The Ten Biggest Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Washington Accident Case.”  But which one of these mistakes is the biggest? Or the most common?
To [...]

The Seattle Weekly just published an article about an over-zealous process server named Ron Belec.  Apparently, Mr. Belec has received complaints from people he has served with legal process.  The complaints stem from Mr. Belec’s persistent efforts (the people quoted in the article claim it is harassment) to track people down and make sure they [...]

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 [...]