Automobile Accidents

  • One Dead, One Injured in Southwest Washington Accident

    Mark McLean | August 21, 2007 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    A pickup truck veered off the roadway, crashed into a tree and went up in flames on Highway 8 near McCleary on Saturday. The driver of the truck was killed and the passenger, Puyallup's Paul Orris, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. Matthew A. Lingley, a 26-year-old Graham man, was driving a 1988 Ford flatbed truck eastbound on Highway 8 when the truck left the...

  • Bar Held Liable for Drunk Driving Accident

    Michael Myers | April 02, 2006 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    In April 2000, a New York resident, her son, daughter and newborn were driving on LaBounty Drive in Bellingham when a van swerved into her lane and struck her car. The driver suffered a broken nose, broken knee and facial lacerations. Her 7-year-old son was paralyzed from the waist down. Her daughter suffered two broken wrists and facial lacerations. The 57-year-old driver of the van had...

  • Rainy Weather Brings Accident...But is Rain an Act of God?

    Michael Myers | November 03, 2008 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    The Act of God defense is frequently invoked by insurance companies. Far more frequently than we actually experience palpable Acts of God. The following were all reported on Friday: A collision...

  • Centralia Crash Leaves Two Dead

    Mark McLean | August 07, 2007 3:17 PM | 1 CommentSeattle, WA

    Two people died following a car crash near Centralia last week. Apparently, the driver was speeding, left the roadway and hit a tree, killing both himself and a passenger.The driver of a 1990 Honda Civic, Gabriel S. Escamilla, 35, of Centralia, and passenger Candace M. Leyva, 21, were headed eastbound on Seminary Hill Road about 9:50 p.m. when the car left the roadway at Grimes Road and hit a...

  • Warhol Painting Depicting Fatal Car Accident Yields $71 Million

    Mark McLean | June 29, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    Andy Warhol's "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)" was recently auctioned for $71.7 million dollars. The painting depicts a fatal car crash in Seattle."Green Car Crash," painted in 1963, is part of a series of Warhol works that drew on photographs of fatal accidents. Silkscreened over a green background, the painting uses a news photograph of a grisly crash in Seattle.If a painting depicting...

  • Diminished Value of Repaired Cars

    Michael Myers | August 06, 2006 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    You are involved in an accident. Not only did you suffer injuries, your car is also damaged. The insurance carrier for the at-fault driver has an obligation to promptly adjust and settle the property damage claim before the bodily injury component is resolved.Unfortunately, many insurers do not abide by this law. And even if they do, they frequently omit certain key forms of compensation you...

  • PIP and UIM Coverage--Essential Even for Pedestrians

    Michael Myers | October 05, 2008 11:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    I have full coverage. That's what we often hear. People may think they have full coverage but further investigation usually reveals that they only have liability and comprehensive coverage. That's...

  • Head On Accident on Highlands Drive Highlights Need to Maximize Insurance Coverage

    Michael Myers | November 02, 2008 9:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    A two-car, head-on crash shut down Highlands Drive on Friday. Ambulances transported both drivers to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. One of them was a 21-year-old woman, the driver of a...

  • Sean Heldt's Death Still Considered a "Wrongful Death" Claim

    Michael Myers | November 20, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    Sean Heldt had been laying in a coma for almost six months at Harborview Medical Center when he passed away on November 7th, a few weeks shy of his 25th birthday. Heldt's died as a result of a May 25, 2007 accident on Interstate-90 when the car he was driving was hit head-on by a man with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit. The intoxicated driver and his 2-year old...

  • Jet Ski Accident Kills Kitsap Peninsula Couple

    Mark McLean | July 25, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

    A jet ski accident near Brownsville in Port Orchard Bay killed a newlywed couple last week. Ken Bayne, 47, died Wednesday at Harborview Medical Center from injuries he sustained July 15 in the Jet Ski accident near Brownsville that killed his newlywed wife.Bayne and his wife, Jeanette (McClister) Bayne were riding on a 2007 Kawasaki Jet Ski Sunday afternoon in Port Orchard Bay near Brownsville...

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