Posts under ‘Washington personal injury attorney’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The death of a person that is caused by the conduct of another party may give rise to a “wrongful death” claim.  A wrongful death is one where a person dies due to the unlawful conduct of another person or entity.  The unlawful conduct can be intentional (e.g., assault or murder) or unintentional (i.e. negligent [...]