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• Multiple Sources of Recovery--Uncovered Loads

  Michael Myers | September 28, 2006 8:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A young man and his grandfather are the first people in Washington to face criminal charges under a new law punishing drivers who don't tie down a load in their vehicle, leading to a deadly accident.King County prosecutors say a metal shelving unit flew from the back of Clark's pickup truck -- which Clark had helped load but Campbell was driving -- and caused a four-car crash near Shoreline as...

• Tort Claims Filed Against Snohomish County and Marysville School District

  Michael Myers | September 26, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  We each have a responsibility to help ensure that there is government accountability. One way is making sure to file a tort claim when you are injured as a result of the government's negligence or unsafe practices. Recently a student filed two claims totaling $50 millionagainst Snohomish County and the Marysville School District for a school bus accident that happened in 2005. The accident...

• Man in Disabled Vehicle Dies on 405

  Michael Myers | September 15, 2006 9:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A disabled vehicle must display warning lights or other devices. This is required by RCW 46.37.450A 47-year-old Kenmore man was killed Tuesday morning when his car was disabled because of a flat tire and then rear-ended by another car. Chonghua Gu had stopped his car at about 5 a.m. in the car-pool lane of southbound Interstate 405 in Bellevue. Shep Griswold, 50, of Kirkland, was driving an...

• Man Injured in Central District

  Michael Myers | September 14, 2006 8:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 63-year-old man was hospitalized after suffering life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run accident in Seattle's Central Area. An undercover police officer saw a Cadillac hit the man near the intersection of South Main Street and 23rd Avenue South.Serious injuries like those sustained by this accident deserve compensation. In order to obtain compensation the accident must be investigated. ...

• Pedestrian Accidents

  Michael Myers | September 04, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Seattle had 449 pedestrian-vehicle accidents in 2005. Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles can recover their medical expenses and wage loss under the driver's PIP (Personal Injury Protection) policy.

• Bus Death in Seattle

  Michael Myers | September 04, 2006 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Seattle Times reported that Betty Simon died Wednesday after she fell backward into the street at a downtown Metro bus stop and was run over by an articulated bus. A 53-year-old Seattle man was arrested early Thursday and released after police say he bumped into Simon as she waited for a bus. The bicyclist was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and released on his own recognizance. ...