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• Head On Accident on Highlands Drive Highlights Need to Maximize Insurance Coverage

  Michael Myers | November 02, 2008 9:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A two-car, head-on crash shut down Highlands Drive on Friday. Ambulances transported both drivers to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. One of them was a 21-year-old woman, the driver of a...

• Injured Workers and Third-Party Elections

  Michael Myers | September 16, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  I read a story in the Seattle Times this morning.  It reported that a man was burned and other injured when equipment made contact with a high-voltage power line.  The two men were painting a...

• New Law Banning Texting While Driving to Take Effect

  Ryan Nute | December 29, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Texting while driving officially becomes illegal on January 1, 2008. The law is a secondary violation, meaning that a police officer must first spot another violation (such as a person not wearing a seatbelt or speeding) before someone who is texting can be pulled over. This law and the law against cell phone use while driving (which will be enforced starting July 1, 2008) are attempts to...

• Fall on Sidewalk? Plenty of Potential Defendants Including Landowner, Business Owner and City

  Michael Myers | May 10, 2007 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  When you fall on a sidewalk there are a number of potentially responsible parties. These responsible parties can be put into three major categories: Municipality, abutting landowner, and abutting business owner.While the city generally has a primary responsibility to maintain sidewalks (different rules may apply to parking strips and planting strips) responsibility can also fall on the...

• Nursing Homes Could be Judgment-Proof in Abuse or Neglect Cases

  Michael Myers | April 02, 2006 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Nursing home operators have been frequently converting their facilities to LLCs, without long-term care liability insurance. Then when someone sues the nursing home for abuse or neglect, there is no insurance money to collect. As a result, the nursing homes are often worthless and judgment-proof.If your loved one has been abused in a nursing home, you should contact a personal injury lawyer...

• Cruise Ship May be Liable for On-Board Doctor's Negligence

  Michael Myers | April 02, 2006 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Traditionally, maritime rule provides that a cruise line should not be held liable for the negligence of its on board doctor. However, the Illinois Appellate Court disagreed with the rule. In a recent case, a passenger cut his foot and was treated by the ship's doctor. He then sued the cruise line for the doctor's negligence. The court reasoned that a passenger has no choice but to seek...

• 7 People Shot and Killed, 2 Others Injured in Seattle Shooting

  Michael Myers | March 26, 2006 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  At approximately 7 a.m. on March 25, a young man left a house party, obtained a sawed off shotgun from his car, returned to the house and shot and killed 6 people. As he was chasing a shooting victim outside, police confronted the shooter. He then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. Two others were wounded in the shooting.The families of the victims, and those injured, should...

• The Recession and Juries--Challenges and Opportunities

  Michael Myers | January 06, 2009 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The recession is going to lead to a lot more employment cases. Not only are employees being terminated, it's taking them a long time to find new jobs. There are also going to be a lot more wage and...

• Sean Heldt's Death Still Considered a "Wrongful Death" Claim

  Michael Myers | November 20, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Sean Heldt had been laying in a coma for almost six months at Harborview Medical Center when he passed away on November 7th, a few weeks shy of his 25th birthday. Heldt's died as a result of a May 25, 2007 accident on Interstate-90 when the car he was driving was hit head-on by a man with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit. The intoxicated driver and his 2-year old...

• Washington Supreme Court Rules Statue of Limitations Applies to Minors

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 18, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that the statue of limitations in a wrongful death case was not "tolled" (that is, continued to run) even though the person filing suit was a minor at the time of the incident and, thus, unable to file suit until he or she turned 18. Kaela Atchison, who was 15 years old at the time of her father's death, appealed a decision by the Clark County...