Miscellaneous

• Concussions: A Delicate and Difficult Injury

  Michael Myers | January 20, 2006 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As Seahawks fans prepare for this Sunday's NFC Championship game, the question on everyone's mind is what effect running back Shaun Alexander's recent concussion will have on the team. Alexander sustained a concussion in the first quarter of last week's game against the Redskins and did not return. Doctors have cleared him to play Sunday but remain cautious. Concussions are also a frequently...

• Diocese Bankruptcy To Include Advertising Component

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As part of its bankruptcy case the Catholic Diocese of Spokane will dedicate $160,000.00 to advertisements aimed at abuse victims who have not yet come forward to file a complaint. A Church spokesman stated that the advertisements will help to determine the total number of abuse victims in the Spokane area. The advertisments will appear in Washington State newspapers, the USA Today and the...

• Employer Settles Wrongful Death Claim for $750,000...Doctors May Be Liable for Negligent Advice to Officers on Ship

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Washington Court of Appeals established a new legal precedent in May 2005. It held that the state of Washington's medical malpractice standards are applicable to maritime cases brought in state court. While this ruling expands the claims that may be brought by an injured seaman, there is much more to the story. The legal ruling arose from a wrongful death case in which the family of a...

• Dog Bites, Third Party Claims and (Potential) "Pay to Play" Rules for Insurance Companies

  Michael Myers | January 11, 2009 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  We recently spoke with a potetial client about a dog bite he suffered while on the job. Here are some of the basic things you should know if you're bitten by a dog (or attacked by any type of...

• Unpaid Wages--Rights and Remedies

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2008 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Happy Thanksgiving! Or at least it's a happy Thanksgiving for people who still have their jobs. But this Thanksgiving a lot of people have lost their jobs. And even worse, a lot of people haven't...

• American Safari Cruises--Smaller Vessels, Smaller Fleet, Same Issues

  Michael Myers | November 09, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  American Safari Cruises began operations in 1997. At that point it had one (leased) yacht. Over the past ten years American Safari has expanded. It now has four upscale mega-yachts and has expanded...

• Grates: The Bicyclist's Nemesis

  Ryan Nute | January 17, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Well, all right; bicyclists have multiple nemeses. But a recent front page article in the Seattle PI has brought attention to a problem many cyclists have been battling for years: unsafe street drains. Drains covered with grates that have slots parallel to the roadway are dangerous to cyclists as bicycle wheels can get caught - and stuck - in the slots. In 2004 one biker was biking through...

• Save Your Email Messages--Deleted Emails Must be Produced

  Michael Myers | January 15, 2008 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In a recent federal court case (Benton v. Dlorah, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. D. Kan, Oct. 30, 2007), the plaintiff testified at her deposition that she had deleted emails related to the case. The court ruled that deleting emails did not necessarily remove them from the plaintiff's possession. It reasoned that deleted emails should be retrievable from her computer system and thus remain within in...

• Open and Shut Case...Unlikely in Light of the Sudden Medical Emergency Defense

  Michael Myers | December 21, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  I've written about it before. The defense bar never ceases to surprise. Affirmative defenses--legal tools to avoid taking responsibility--seem to be multiplying and mutating. The sudden medical emergency defense is an example. And it is frequently applied to situations like the really tragic one we blogged about here on December 17th. To recap, a jogger was hit and killed by a motorist last...

• Key Advice for Personal Injury Victims

  Michael Myers | December 21, 2007 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Lists are popular at the end of the year. Sometimes lists celebrate accomplishments. Other times they record dubious achievements. This one itemizes key advice for personal injury victims: 1. Politely refuse to give recorded statements to adjusters before retaining counsel.2. Take photographs of visible injuries before they heal.3. Take photographs of property damage before...