Posts under ‘Seattle traumatic brain injury blog’

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 [...]

The Seattle Times reports that Washington State Senator Tracey Eide (D – Federal Way) has introduced a bill to make using a cell phone while driving a primary offense.  Currently, a police officer cannot stop a motorist for talking on the cell phone while driving unless the driver has committed some other infraction.  By making [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ahhhh yes….. the most common question we receive at Davis Law Group, when it comes to representing accident victims who pursue claims for compensation as a result of personal injury.  That is the $64,000 question.
Sorry to disappoint but…… my stock answer is usually, “It depends…”  Depends on what?  Well, many things really.  In any given [...]

I previously wrote about the City of Seattle’s decision to operate “crosswalk sting” investigations during 2009.  Previous media reports were that the City Council was concerned about an increase in car-pedestrian accidents. 
A spokesperson from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) states that the purpose of the sting was to catch motorists who were breaking the law [...]

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 [...]