The Injury Board Seattle Archives

• Suprises at Trial

  Michael Myers | May 29, 2007 9:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Each day at trial is filled with highs and lows. No matter how well orchestrated the trial, inevitably, there are surprises and set backs. Surprises and setbacks can come as a result of malfunctioning technology, unfortunate rulings from the bench or surprises originating from opposing counsel. Sometimes parties to a lawsuit hold on unrealistic expectations about what a trial should look...

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

  Michael Myers | May 10, 2007 8:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  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...

• Pain Diaries? No Way!

  Michael Myers | May 09, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Personal injury clients are oftentimes asked whether they keep journals, diaries or calendars related to their symptoms. Some attorneys advise that clients maintain diaries so that their pain is "documented". I have a different view. Keeping a pain diary is somewhat unnatural and causes there to be a particular focus on the discomfort. The more time and attention that is spent thinking about...

• Big Mountain Prevails in Skier Injury Case

  Michael Myers | May 03, 2007 7:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A seven person federal jury determined Big Mountain was not liable for the injury of a young boy. As noted in an earlier entry it's tough to win cases against ski areas. The law is unfavorable and jurors are pre-disposed to think that skiers and snowboarders have assumed any and every risk imaginable. Even though they're tough, valid cases should be seriously considered. And, as mentioned in...