I recently announced that my new book on wrongful death claims was just published. I’m pleased to say that my book has received some very favorable reviews from other lawyers across the country and in Canada:
“Although I practice law in Florida, I have relatives who live in Seattle. So I’m familiar with Washington’s complicated wrongful [...]
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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 [...]
The Wall Street Journal recently reported about the alarming rate of death and injury caused by medication errors. The article states that according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at least one person dies each day and more than 1.3 million are injured each year due to mistakes with prescribing dangerous medication.
There is a non-profit organization called [...]
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 [...]
When I first entered into the legal profession in 1993, one of the things that I noticed was the lack of community involvement that I saw among my lawyer peers. Back then, as well as now, lawyers did not have a stellar reputation for giving back to their community without an expectation of getting something [...]
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 [...]
