Miscellaneous

• Huge Victory for Injured Soldiers and Families of Deceased Soldiers

  Michael Myers | October 11, 2007 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Most of the time injured soldiers and families of soldiers who die during military service can't file suit. A rule of law called the Feres Doctrine prevents injured soldiers and their families from suing the military. The doctrine comes from the U.S. Supreme Court case Feres v. United States, in which servicemen who picked up highly radioactive weapons fragments from a crashed airplane were...

• 2 Die When Fishing Boat Capsizes

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 10, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Sunday a Seattle fishing vessel, The Papa George, sank 12 miles off the Washington coast. Two of the vessels' crew members, David Starbuck, 62, and Ethel Zelaya, 37, died when the vessel capsized. Traveling in the skiff, the surviving crew came ashore at Long Beach at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, bringing the bodies of the two victims along with them. None of the survivors required...

• Cruise Ship Passengers Injured From Glacial Ice

  Mark McLean | August 16, 2007 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  18 passengers were injured when a cruise ship in the Arctic Ocean was hit with ice falling from a nearby glacier. Three passengers and a Russian crewman were flown to hospital in Tromso after the incident, which happened off the Svalbard Islands 300 miles north of Norway on Wednesday.Two of the passengers have serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown around on the ship when...

• BarBri Settles Class Action Lawsuit

  Mark McLean | August 02, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  BarBri, the nation's leading preparation course for bar examinations throughout the country, recently settled a class action lawsuit brought by its customers, alleging BarBri violated antitrust laws by, among other things, colluding with Kaplan (an LSAT preparation course) to stay out of each other's dominant areas of emphasis. The case settled for $49 million.

• Early Season Snow--Skiing and Snowboarding Claims

  Michael Myers | December 14, 2006 8:54 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  We're having terrific early season snowfall. That means lots of skiers and snowboarders are on the hill. When a lot of people are skiing and riding on the same runs there are bound to be accidents. The skiers and snowboarders code has actually been made into law by the Washington legislature. The Code in part makes the uphill skier or rider responsible for avoiding the downhill skier or...

• Harborview Medical Center--Model for Emergency Care

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 11:52 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Most seriously injured people in Seattle and Western Washington are treated at Harborview. Harborview provides outstanding care. In 1970, Seattle became a model for emergency care in the field with the creation of Medic One at Harborview. We're confident the new study will contribute to our continued leadership role in setting the best medical standards worldwide for pre-hospital emergency...

• HSD May Help Save Your Life

  Michael Myers | August 31, 2006 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  University of Washington physicians based at Harborview Medical Center believe that a new intravenous fluid has the potential to improve accident victims' chances of survival. The fluid is a concentrated salt solution with or without a sugar component called Hypertonic Saline/Dextran (HSD). Hypertonic fluids are expected to help accident victims survive by resulting in more rapid improvement of...

• Coast Guard Skipper Out After Disaster on Icebreaker

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

  The Coast Guard relieved the skipper of the Seattle-based icebreaker Healy of command Wednesday as it continues an investigation into the deaths of two divers from the ship. In replacing Capt. Douglas Russell, Vice Adm. Charles Wurster, who commands all Coast Guard operations in the Pacific from San Francisco headquarters, said he had "a loss of confidence in the officer's ability to...

• Little Girl Dies in Rafting Accident

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A memorial fund has been set up in the name of Jasmine Ball of Olympia, who drowned in a rafting accident in the Yakima River. Donations are being taken in her name at South Sound Bank branches in Olympia. Friends and family are trying to raise money to help with funeral costs.Drowning accidents are tragic. While no amount of money can bring back loved ones, brining a claim can make sure that...

• Mobile Phones as Dangerous as Whiskey?

  Michael Myers | August 21, 2006 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In 2002, a Miami jury awarded a 78-year-old woman $21,000,000.00. The woman had been previously injured in an automobile accident. The key evidence: The at fault driver's cell phone records. The studies indicate that driving while speaking on a hand held cell phone is more dangerous than consuming enough alcohol to exceed many state's legal limits before getting in an automobile. The key to...