Automobile Accidents

• Hands-Free Devices Still Cause Driver Distractions

  Kevin Coluccio | January 18, 2012 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  While use of Hands-Free Devices is safer for drivers, studies show that the devices still cause driver distractions. This is because when a driver is talking on their cell phone, even with a...

• Winter Driving

  Kevin Coluccio | January 18, 2012 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Pacific Northwest is blanketed by snow which is to continue for the next 36 hours. Now, more than ever drivers need to put down their cell phones and pay attention to the roadway and cars and...

• Distracted Drivers

  Kevin Coluccio | January 04, 2012 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Cellular phones have become a real danger on our public highways. All too often, crashes causing death and serious injuries are the result of a driver texting or talking on their cell...

• Making the Transition Between Personal Injury Protection and Health Insurance

  Mike Myers | August 15, 2011 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  When you're involved in an automobile accident one of the first concerns is how am I going to pay for the medical bills? If you have personal injury protection (PIP) coverage it will pay 100 cents...

• Moving Targets - Bicycle Commuters at Risk

  Mike Myers | August 05, 2011 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In the mornings and afternoons there's a stream of bike commuters on Eastlake. They go south in the morning and north in the afternoon. We have a number of bicycle commuters in our office. It's...

• Road Rage - Coverage for an Intentional Act

  Mike Myers | August 02, 2011 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Most insurance doesn't cover intentional acts. But we have an exception in Washington. Intentional acts by uninsured and underinsured motorists must be covered by the victim's UM/UIM policy....

• U-Turns

  Mike Myers | July 29, 2011 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  We handle a lot of cases involving accidents that arise from U-turns. U-turns have a special place in the law: (1) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the...

• Relationship Between PIP and Medical Insurance

  Mike Myers | July 27, 2011 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  You're involved in a motor vehicle accident. You're injured. There's pain, anger, anxiety and confusion. The relationship between the personal injury protection (PIP) you paid for as part of your...

• The Intersection of Responsibilty and Common Sense

  Mike Myers | July 26, 2011 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  What Happens When You Wave Someone Through and They Get Into a Wreck? Drivers don't have a duty to provide information to other drivers or pedestrians. But when they do volunteer information, they...

• Canadian Truckers, American Justice

  Mike Myers | July 25, 2011 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Even with the strong Loonie (or maybe because of the strong Loonie) there's a tremendous amount of trade between the United States and Canada. A lot of the goods traded between the countries are...