- Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 5:03 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car accident on Sunday morning involving a 46-year-old Everett man and a 28-year-old Everett man left both drivers in the hospital. The 46-year-old driver apparently pulled his vehicle westbound onto Highway 92 from 99th Avenue NE and struck the 28-year-old, who was driving a Ford pickup and towing another vehicle. The collision sent the Ford and the car it was towing through the guardrail...
- Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 3:44 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsShortly after 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2005 at least 30 cars were involved in nine separate accidents over a half mile stretch of northbound Interstate 5 near Arlington. The Washington State Patrol shut down all northbound lanes of I-5 for two hours after the accident. Traffic was stopped for eight miles to the south. Police investigating the collisions attributed them to a wall of...
- Michael Myers | November 23, 2005 10:51 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 2005 George Mosher Jr. was stabbed to death outside of Eli's Pub in Kent. Mr. Mosher was an off-duty pub employee who was trying to break up a fight that had erupted outside the establishment. His assailants stabbed him in the chest, puncturing his lung and severing his aorta. They then fled the scene before police arrived. For more...
- Michael Myers | November 22, 2005 11:16 AM |
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MiscellaneousOn Sunday, November 20, 2005 A Union Pacific freight train traveling from Portland to Seattle struck and killed two young men who were walking near the tracks. The accident occurred between Tacoma and Steilacoom on the BNSF Railroad's double main line. Railroad authorities and police continue to investigate. The names of the deceased victims have not been released.Railroads generally owe a...
- Michael Myers | November 22, 2005 10:49 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAs baby boomers look for ways to spend their disposable income, they are buying motorcycles in ever increasing numbers. Americans over 40 constitute the largest group of motorcycle owners in the country. Unfortunately, this increase in motorcycle ownership also corresponds with an increase in fatal motorcycle accidents. Government statistics show that last year motorcyclists over 40 accounted...
- Michael Myers | November 16, 2005 2:28 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Monday, November 14, 2005 an Everett woman and her five year-old daughter were struck from behind by a dark pickup while they were walking to school. The pickup fled the scene and Everett police continue to search for the driver. Click the following link to learn more information about the accident: Hit and Run Accident Injures Five Year-Old Girl Situations such as this one illustrate the...
- Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 3:28 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Saturday, November 12, 2005 a deer in the road caused a collision between a Jeep Cherokee and a small, four-door Ford on State Route 522 near Monroe. The driver of the Jeep swerved to avoid the deer and crossed the center line, hitting the Ford head on. In total, there were nine people involved in the accident, five in the Ford and four in the Jeep.A 79 year old grandmother named Marjorie...
- Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 2:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Saturday, November 12, 2005 a 21-year-old passenger was killed in a single car automobile accident near Oak Harbor. The accident occurred at 2:15 a.m. when the vehicle went out of control on a wet roadway while turning from Frostad Road Southbound onto Dugualla Road. The passenger was thrown from the pickup and killed. The vehicle’s driver was booked in Island County Jail on suspicion of...
- Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 10:54 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the last two months, dangerous rock slides on Interstate 90 have become a major problem. On September 11, 2005 boulders crashed onto a Volvo near Snoqualmie Pass, instantly killing the driver and her two passengers. The three victims were all 28 years old and hailed from Western Washington.A day later another boulder the size of a large pickup fell from nearly the same location. This time...
- Michael Myers | November 09, 2005 11:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Virginia Supreme Court upheld and $8.3M skiing accident award by refusing to hear an appeal from the resort found negligent.Jessica Grigg collided with a snow grooming machine at Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County, VA. The accident occurred in January 2003 when Jessica was 17. She suffered permanent severe brain damage in the accident.A skiing accident lawyer represented Grigg in the suit,...
- Staff Writer | November 08, 2005 8:45 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Massachusetts recently passed what is known as Melanie's Law, named for a teen who was killed by a repeat drunk driver in 2003. This law toughens the penalty for drunk drivers in that state - incresing the penalties for refusing a breathalyzer, roadside sobriety tests or driving with a suspended license after a DUI.Attorney Edward P. Ryan Jr. provides an introspective op-ed in the Boston Globe....
- Staff Writer | November 07, 2005 8:31 AM |
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MiscellaneousA Waterville, ME man has filed a $3 Million maritime accident lawsuit after being left a parapalegic when he fell while repairing a tugboat.Bruce Falconer's spinal cord was injured while working on a tugboat owned by the New York Company, Penn Maritime, Inc. According to Boston.com:Falconer was carrying an engine part when he fell 14 feet through an open hatch and struck a railing.The boat was...
- Staff Writer | November 07, 2005 8:17 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a construction site accident in which a cement truck backed over a subcontractor.Terry Richerson of Great Falls, MT was injured when a United Materials concrete truck backed over him while ascending a 10-degree ramp in preparation to pour cement.Richerson's jacket was apparently caught in the truck's drive shaft. He died at the...
- Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 7:50 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA King County woman was awarded $760,000 after an auto accident in British Columbia.Seatle's Mary Mulcahy broke her sternum in a 1994 accident when another driver pulled out in front of her. She still has pain and persisting medical problems to this day.Farmers Insurance, an American company, and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia have worked out a deal in which Farmers' U.S....