Automobile Accidents

• Pedestrian Accidents

  Michael Myers | September 04, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  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 CommentsSeattle, WA

  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. ...

• Pre-Existing Conditions--What Really Matters is How You Felt Before the Accident

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Clients often mention pre-existing conditions. They are concerned that things like degenerative disc disease may affect their recoveries. Insurance companies dwell on pre-existing conditions. But they can be effectively addressed by common sense and good lawyering. Many injured persons' medical records show degenerative disc disease, narrowing of the spinal column and or other issues. These...

• Riders Witness Person Crushed Beneath METRO Bus

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A person was crushed to death under a Metro bus in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night. Police think the person was bumped into the road by a bicyclist. Wednesday's incident isn't the first time a Metro bus was involved in a fatality accident this summer. Stephanie Reynolds, 52, of Shoreline was killed June 1, run over by the rear wheels of a bus at Northwest Richmond Beach Road and 15th...

• High Speed Crash in Kent--Mercedes Slams Into Bread Truck

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The driver of a car that witnesses say was going over 100 mph is under arrest after he slammed into a truck on I-5 early Thursday, injuring his passengers and the driver of a bread truck. Two passengers in the Mercedes were injured, one of them critically. Both were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The driver of the car was taken to Valley Medical Center.The passengers in...

• Man seriously injured in crash in Purdy

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 45-year-old man was seriously injured in a two-car crash on Highway 302 in Purdy Tuesday night, a Washington State Patrol spokesman said. The westbound man was stopped to make a turn near Key Peninsula Highway when an eastbound car driven by a 16-year-old girl crossed the roadway's center line and struck the man's vehicle, said Trooper J.J. Gundermann. Medics took the man to Tacoma General...

• Two injured in truck accident off Highway 520 in Redmond

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two people were injured, including one who was airlifted to Harborview Medical center when a semi-trailer truck apparently lost its brakes and drove out of control down an eastbound off ramp from Highway 520 in Redmond. The truck crossed West Lake Sammamish Parkway near Marymoor Park, knocking over road signs as it went off the road, and then careened over about a 30-foot-embankment before...

• Fire Lookout Killed in Crash

  Michael Myers | August 30, 2006 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On August 15, 2006 the fourth victim of a helicopter crash that killed three Payette National Forest firefighters and their pilot was been identified. Ms. Lillian M. Patten of Olympia, Washington was a fire lookout. She was on her way with other team members to a guard station when the helicopter crashed. Aviation experts from the U.S. Forest Service and the National Transportation Safety...

• Lake Stevens--Two Die After Car Strikes Tree

  Michael Myers | August 28, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two men were ejected from a 1999 Porsche Boxster convertible after it struck a tree Saturday. Both men died at the scene. The crash happened when the driver lost control and struck a tree. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner identified the men as Jeffery Brown, 18, of Bothell, and John Muguerza, 44, of Snohomish. It's challenging to bring claims against friends or loved ones. But that's...

• Bicyclist Injured in Hit-and-Run

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A bicyclist suffered life-threatening injuries Monday afternoon after being struck in a hit-and-run accident near 20th Avenue East and Union Street. Seattle police said the driver failed to stop after his truck hit the cyclist. Police are looking for a full-sized, red, Chevrolet Blazer-type vehicle, possibly from the 1970s or 1980s. It has a white or silver stripe with a damaged front...