Posts under ‘Seattle brain injury blog’

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Seattle attorney Chris Davis of the Davis Law Group in Seattle announces that he has recently published his fourth book in the field of personal injury and accident law.  This book, “Wrongful Death in Washington” focuses on the wrongful death claims.
In the book, Mr. Davis discusses the following topics:
1. Basic Facts About [...]

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 [...]

Statistically, most cases settle voluntarily, and without having to go to trial. Trials take time, are expensive and take a lot of work. They can also produce unexpected outcomes. From a professional standpoint, an experienced personal injury lawyer may want to take a case to trial — but the decision to go to trial is [...]

Not every accident case or personal injury claim needs a lawyer.  If the claim is small, then you may be able to settle your claim on your own. 
There are no hard and fast rules to tell you whether the claim is small.  Generally, a small claim is one where (1) the accident is minor or the property [...]

Best & Worst Insurance Companies
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners gathers consumer complaint information from state insurance regulators.  According to NAIC, more than 50% of the complaints received in 2009 were for (1) the denial of a claim, (2) the unreasonable delay in resolving a claim, and (3) unsatisfactory settlement offers by the insurance company.
We [...]

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 [...]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned after handling hundreds of personal injury claims over the last 16+ years, and trying nearly 100 jury trials during this same period as well, it is that a lawyer’s credibility is King.
Credibility is the trial lawyer’s best weapon in court.  Credibility with the jury.  Credibility with the judge.  Credibility with opposing [...]

Here at Davis Law Group we receive many inquiries from accident victims who want to fire their personal injury attorney and switch lawyers.  Perhaps as many as 20-25% of the calls we receive from accident victims are from those who already have a personal injury attorney, but are not satisfied with the current lawyer’s performance [...]

Davis Law Group founder and principal Chris Davis, an attorney specializing in personal injury and medical malpractice law, was recently interviewed by Scott Drake of the Legal Broadcast Network concerning a case that was damaged by the client’s posting on Facebook and Myspace.
Client\’s Facebook Page Costs Him $20,000
The interview was about one of Mr. Davis’ [...]