Posts under ‘seattle brain injury lawyer’

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 [...]

This is a sensitive subject.  But a question we hear alot at the Davis Law Group regarding wrongful death claims is “What is the case worth?”  This may not be an easy question to answer, at least not without investigating the case and sorting through the myriad of legal issues that may be present.
First, there [...]

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 [...]

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The legal publication Washington Law & Politics has chosen Seattle attorney Chris Davis as a “Super Lawyer” in the state of Washington for the third year in a row.  A “Super Lawyer” is defined as being in the top 5% of all lawyers state-wide according to voting performed by the legal community.  A [...]

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  [...]

Here at Davis Law Group, we represent a lot of accident victims involving children.  These are tragic cases because the victims are so young and vulnerable.  What most parents don’t know is that Washington law requires that all child injury settlements must be approved by the Superior Court.
 
 Washington’s law states that in every settlement of [...]

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 [...]

At least 41 states allow punitive damages, while Washington state does not.  Punitive damages are different from compensatory damages, like lost wages, medical expenses and pain and suffering.  Punitive damages are designed to punish a wrongdoer for egregious conduct.
In an ordinary civil damage case involving an injury or a “tort,” the plaintiff must prove his [...]