Posts under ‘Seattle brain injury accident’

The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that a 3 year-old boy received a severe brain injury at the University of Washington Medical Clinic at Roosevelt, and then later died.
KOMO TV reports that the boy’s name is Noah B. Bishop.  The King County Medical Examiner has stated the cause of death was cerebral and cerebellar laceration and [...]

You’ve been injured in an accident.  The accident was caused by someone else, so you have a claim against that person’s insurance company.
The full extent of your injuries may not be obvious immediately after an accident. Some people may feel that they did not sustain a serious injury, only to discover weeks or months later [...]

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  [...]

With the onset of spring weather, more children will be riding their bikes on and off our neighborhood streets.  As a proud sponsor of Star 101.5 FM’s “Bike for Kids” Davis Law Group is very interested in keeping children safe while they ride their bikes.  The program gives away a free bicycle to one child each [...]

Back in late 2007, a King County jury awarded $15.5 Million to Maria Federici for substantial injuries she received when she was struck by a piece of furniture that came off the back end of another driver’s trailer.  That driver was pulling a U-Haul trailer and failed to secure his load.  The piece of furniture flew into [...]

As most people know by now, actress Natasha Richardson died following a minor head injury suffered while snow skiing.  Well, obviously it turned out not to be a minor head injury because she ultimately died.  When I say “minor” I’m referring to the classic definition that the medical community assigns to the severity of brain injuries.
 Let me first express [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Recently the Washington state legislature adopted a law that defines “traumatic brain injury” as:
…injury to the brain caused by physical trauma resulting from, but not limited to, incidents involving motor vehicles, sporting events, falls, and physical assaults. Documentation of traumatic brain injury shall be based on adequate medical history, neurological examination, mental status testing, or [...]