Posts under ‘pedestrian car accident’

We have signed up 6 cases over the last few months.  Each of them involved a drunk driving accident.  One of them involves the wrongful death of a elderly woman who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when a drunk driver ran a stop sign and broad sided her [...]

Davis Law Group received a call this week from a distraught mother about her 15-year-old son who was hit by a car while crossing the street.  The boy received life-threatening injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, collapsed lung, shattered pelvis, shattered leg, broken arm, and internal injuries.  The boy’s medical expenses to date are more than [...]

This is the time of year in Washington State that Davis Law Group begins to see more pedestrian auto accident cases.  Just in the last few weeks we have signed up 4 of these cases. They all involved pedestrians walking across the street and then being hit by a car. 
Why do we see more of [...]

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 [...]

The National Safety Council recently announced new findings regarding cell phone use and driving.  NSC states that every year at least 1.6 million car accidents are caused by cell phone use.  This number was previously thought to be far less, or no more than 600,000 accidents caused by cell phones.
 “We now know that at least 1.6 million crashes [...]

The Seattle Times has reported that the Seattle Police Department will be performing “sting” operations to catch drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians.  The SPD will be using “pedestrian decoys” who approach or use marked cross-walks and then monitor drivers’ responses.
The SPD expects to perform at least 10 sting operations in 2009.
I previously wrote about [...]

March 9, 2009
MSNBC reports that there have been a rash of pedestrian accidents in Snohomish County over the last few weeks.  Since mid-February, at least five (5) teenagers have been hit by trucks or cars while walking along Snohomish County roads.
“I’m not even sure why this is happening,” says Kristen Thortenson, a spokesperson for the [...]

On Friday evening, February 20, a man was hit by a bus while crossing the street.  The accident occurred at the intersection of Pacific and Whetmore in downtown Everett. 
Luckily, the bus was equipped with a camera which will provide invaluable evidence about how the accident occurred.  It was unknown whether the man was crossing at [...]

My friend and Florida personal injury attorney, Jim Dodson, recently blogged about pedestrian fatal accidents.  Mr. Dodson cites the pedestrian fatal accident statistics for 2007, as compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  The NHTSA reports that there were 4,654 pedestrian fatalities in 2007 alone.  There were also statistics reported concerning the location and conditions at the [...]

The Seattle P-I reported that a 35 year old man from Olympia died after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street.  The accident occurred in Rochester, Washington, a small town about 23 miles south of Olympia.
The police reported that the man, Brandon J. Harris, stopped his vehicle on 183rd Avenue Southwest to speak to [...]