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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 [...]

“What’s my injury accident case worth??”
This is perhaps the question I am asked most often by clients and prospective clients.  How does one determine the value of a case?  What factors are used to determine value?  How can one maximize the value of his or her case?
Great questions, but often times no easy answers.  Let’s first [...]

Many parents may fear the time when their child receives a driver’s license and starts to drive the family car.  The real fear is if the child causes a serious car accident. 
The important question is: Can the parents be held legally responsible for that car accident?  In a word, yes.
In Washington, there is a law [...]

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 [...]

My firm, Davis Law Group, recently held the annual Davis Law Group Scholar Athlete of the Year Award banquet at the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle, Washington.
There were a total of 30 weekly Scholar Athletes chosen during the 2009-10 school year.  The banquet was held to honor each athlete and their families, and to choose [...]

A lien is a legal claim made against your personal injury claim or settlement recovery. The most common type of lien in a person injury claim is one asserted by your health or auto insurance company for medical treatment paid on your behalf.  Another type of lien is one asserted by your healthcare provider. If [...]

A deposition is a face-to-face meeting where the attorneys are allowed to ask a witness questions under oath while a court reporter transcribes the session.  Any witness that may offer relevant information about the case at trial can be deposed, including you, your doctors, and your friends and family. 
Either side may request a deposition at [...]

USA Today reports that Dennis Quaid has become the frontman for a campaign to improve patient care.  Mr. Quaid’s 10-day onld twins were given a potentially fatal dose of Heparin while in the care of a respected hospital in Los Angeles, California.  Fortunately, the children pulled through and were not permanently harmed.
Mr. Quaid takes issue with the [...]

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 [...]

Many clients are surprised to learn that they might be able to settle the case before they even file a lawsuit. In fact, most personal injury claims are settled without the need for a lawsuit, or very early on in the litigation. This is possible because the job of a personal injury lawyer is to [...]