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  • A Basic Understanding Of Car Accident Cases
    Although insurance companies and many lawyers consider auto accident claims routine, that just isn't true. Every car accident and every individual injured in an auto accident is unique.
  • America's Blindspot: Backup Car Accidents
    Backup collisions are when a driver puts the automobile in reverse and runs into an object, person, or other car. All cars are equipped with rear view mirrors which are adequate for detecting vehicles behind a car, but they are often inadequate when it comes to detecting small children or objects that are low to the ground and fall in the car's blind spot. Large trucks have much larger blind spots that can hide entire vehicles and large adults.
  • Are Pedestrians Safe In Seattle?
    Yet another pedestrian has been hit and killed while crossing the street in Seattle. Are the streets safe for pedestrians?
  • Buyer Beware: What You Need To Know About Lawyer Advertising
    You need to know a few things about lawyer advertising. For example, if you look through the yellow pages you'll see that the ads placed by attorneys all say essentially the same thing. Very few of them actually give good useful information to make it easier for you to choose a good lawyer for your case.
  • Case Study: Allstate tries to deny, delay, and defend. Part #2
    A 21 year-old college student receives neck and back injuries in a T-bone collision caused by the defendant. Her doctors later diagnose her with a permanent low back injury. Her past medical expense exceeds $9,000. The defendant’s auto insurance carrier is Allstate. After a 4-day trial, the jury returns a verdict in favor of Theresa in the amount of $114,558.
  • Case Study: Allstate tries to deny, delay, and defend. Part #1
    A 21 year-old college student receives neck and back injuries in a T-bone collision caused by the defendant. Her doctors later diagnose her with a permanent low back injury. Her past medical expense exceeds $9,000. The defendant’s auto insurance carrier is Allstate. After a 4-day trial, the jury returns a verdict in favor of Theresa in the amount of $114,558.
  • Case Study: Drunk Driver Causes A Hit And Run Injury Accident
    In August 2000, Diane Farmer suffered serious injuries when she was hit by another motorist who ran a stop sign and hit her head on. The other driver immediately backed his vehicle up and took off, fleeing the scene. After a police chase, the driver was pulled over and was asked to perform field sobriety tests, which he ultimately failed. Diane still suffers today.
  • Case Study: Insurance Company Tries To Minimize Injuries To Avoid Paying Damages
    On May 6, 2002, thirty-two year-old Sarah Brown was rear-ended on Interstate 405 near the Renton S-curves. The other driver was insured by Farmers Insurance Company. Ms. Brown received injuries to her neck and back. Her medical expenses were $18,205, including $10,500 in chiropractic charges. The last offer from Farmers was $50,000. After a 3-day trial, a jury awarded $500,000.
  • Case Study: Nursing Home Injury to Alzheimer’s Resident
    89 year-old Alzheimer's patient is dropped on the floor and fractures hip. The nursing care facility did not disclose the fall until after the family took the man to the hospital where x-rays revealed the hip fracture. Last offer before attorney hired was 0. Settlement after hiring an attorney $250,000.
  • Case Study: Once Again Allstate Tries To Avoid Paying A Legitimate Claim
    A careless driver causes a serious accident. The driver was insured by Allstate Insurance Company. Allstate's lawyer denied that the their insured was responsible for causing the collision. A jury disagreed.
  • Choosing A Seattle Personal Injury Attorney or Accident Lawyer
    How does someone who has never had to hire an attorney sort through all of these ads and find a qualified personal injury attorney? Finding a good Washington state personal injury attorney can be challenging, but not impossible. Here are some guidelines that should make your search easier and also relieve some anxiety.
  • Common Insurance Company Arguments - Part #1
    This is the first of a three-part series on excuses used by insurance companies to avoid paying a fair and reasonable settlement. If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim using some of these common arguments.
  • Common Insurance Company Arguments - Part #2
    This is the second in a three-part series on excuses used by insurance companies to avoid paying a fair and reasonable settlement. If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim using some of these common arguments.
  • Common Insurance Company Arguments - Part #3
    This is the final in a three-part series on excuses used by insurance companies to avoid paying a fair and reasonable settlement. If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim using some of these common arguments.
  • Distracted Driving: Cellphones and Text Messaging Research and Legislation
    Driver distraction is a major cause of accidents. Which is why 29 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws restricting cell phone use to use with a hands-free device (no jurisdiction has an outright ban). New Jersey and Washington state have been the only states ones to ban text messaging, though 21 states are considering such bills this year.
  • Follow The Money Behind Reject Referendum 67
    People buy insurance, pay their premiums, and expect that insurance companies honor their commitment to policyholders. Referendum 67 simply requires the insurance industry to pay legitimate claims in a fair, reasonable, and timely manner.
  • Get The Facts About Drunk Driving Fatalities
    There were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005 - this number represents 39 percent of all traffic fatalities for that year.
  • Handling Your Claim: Questions To Ask The Insurance Company
    I have found that most insurance adjustors are highly trained adversaries, although most people would never think this, at least not in the beginning of the claims process. Here are some questions that often will make the insurance company squirm.
  • Health Plan Sues Accident Victim to Recover Entire Settlement Recovery
    Can you imagine recovering a settlement after being permanently injured in a car accident that wasn't your fault, and then being sued by your own health insurance plan to recover all of your settlement funds?
  • How the insurance industry shortchanges accident victims to earn billions more in profits
    Allstate found that by intentionally undercutting the value of the claim by 20, 30 or even 50%, Allstate could earn much more in profits. This is because most accident victims will not take Allstate to task by hiring an attorney and filing a lawsuit. Most of these victims will reluctantly accept Allstate's lowball offer.
  • How To Determine The Value Of A Personal Injury Case
    There is no magic formula or process by which someone can predict with certainty the amount of money that a personal injury case may be worth. If there were, then society wouldn’t have a need for insurance adjustors, personal injury lawyers, etc. One could simply apply the “formula” to come up with the value of a case. This report will give you some idea of the factors involved in determining the value of a case.
  • How To Pick An Attorney
    If you’ve ever browsed through the “yellow pages” of your local phone book, you’ll often find numerous advertisements (some times dozens of pages) for personal injury attorneys. Finding a good personal injury attorney can be challenging, but not impossible. Here are some guidelines, which if followed, should make your search easier and also relieve some anxiety.
  • Injury Case Roadmap: The Legal Process For Personal Injury Cases
    More and more insurance companies are taking a very aggressive stance in settling accident claims. Certain carriers have a reputation for making unreasonably low settlement offers, even if the injuries are severe. It may (in some cases it is not) be advantageous to file a lawsuit immediately. Once a lawsuit is filed, the court will set certain milestones and deadlines. This report will help you understand this process.
  • Insurance Company Alleged to Have Killed Patient for Refusing to Pay for Treatment
    Here's a sad and tragic story about a 17-year-old girl who died when her insurance company failed to pay for a necessary liver transplant. The company, CIGNA Healthcare, reversed its decision to deny payment hours after the girl died.
  • Insurance Industry Settlement Tactics: Navigate The Injury Accident Claim War Zone On Your Own
    Over the past 30+ years, the insurance industry has spent billions of dollars on advertising to spread false and misleading information about accident claims. The industry wants people to believe that the justice system is out of control and that people who file lawsuits are getting millions of dollars for minor injuries. This report tells you the truth.
  • Insurance Tip: Why Uninsured Motorist Coverage Is A Good Idea
    You probably have never heard about it, or if you have, you may really not know what it is. Uninsured Motorist (UM) coverage is a type of coverage that is available on your Washington automobile insurance policy. UM coverage is designed to pay you for damages that have been caused by an uninsured motorist.
  • Lawyer TV Ad States Insurance Company Settled At Mere Mention of Lawyer's Name
    Back in 2003, the Indiana Supreme Court reprimanded two personal injury lawyers and their law firm for using misleading television ads that violated state ethics rules.
  • Mandatory Arbitration: The Alternative To Trial
    The purpose of Mandatory Arbitration is to reduce court congestion, expedite the litigation process, and to provide a cost effective resolution of civil claims. In Washington, most of the superior courts have adopted a program known as “mandatory arbitration.” Arbitration is another way to resolve a case instead of going to trial. This report helps you to understand the mandatory arbitration process.
  • Michelle Tribble's Insurance Nightmare
    Recently my client Michelle Tribble was featured on CNN's cable show Anderson Cooper 360. The story addressed how insurance companies take advantage of legitimate accident victims by intentionally undercutting settlement offers and essentially forcing innocent victims to file expensive and time-consuming lawsuits just to recover their medical bills.
  • Personal Injury Cases: Frequently Asked Questions Part #1
    In my practice I frequently get the same basic questions from potential new clients.
  • Personal Injury Cases: Frequently Asked Questions Part #2
    More common questions that are frequently asked by potential clients.
  • Personal Injury Statistics: Boating and Personal Watercraft
    Boating and personal watercraft (Jet Skis and Sea Doos) accidents often occur due to negligence. They can result in serious and sometimes deadly injuries.
  • Ride with a drunk driver and you may be legally responsible for your own injuries or death
    A case decided last October by the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a jury's decision to hold a passenger 35% responsible for her own injuries after accepting a ride from a driver she knew to have consumed alcohol earlier in the evening.
  • Secrets Kept From Juries In Personal Injury Cases (Civil Cases)
    Many are more than a little surprised to learn about certain facts and procedures that occur in our legal system which are very common in personal injury claims. One surprising fact is how much information is hidden from the jury. Specifically information that is kept from juries in personal injury cases which include car accident cases, wrongful death, medical malpractice, etc.
  • Talking With An Insurance Adjustor: Do's & Don'ts
    Follow this tip sheet to make sure you do not jeopardize your personal injury claim during phone interviews with insurance adjustors.
  • The Truth About Tort Reform
    You may have seen articles and news stories claiming that "runaway jury awards" and "greedy trial lawyers" are causing medical malpractice premiums to skyrocket, thereby driving doctors out of Washington State. Doctors around the state are "demanding" that our two Senators and state legislators enact "caps" on jury verdicts to prevent malpractice relates from rising. THESE CLAIMS ARE FALSE.
  • The Truth Behind Some Cheesy Lawyer TV Ads
    Learn the truth about the payments, processing, and role playing behind some of the cheesy lawyer ads youve seen on television.
  • The Wrong-way Driving Accident Epidemic In Washington State
    There seems to be a sudden increase in wrong-way driving accidents occurring in the metro Seattle area. Not only have we have noticed more of these types of accidents being reported in the news, but lately we've received several inquires from wrong-way accident victims. So we decided to look into the matter to find out just how big of a problem wrong-way driving is in Washington State. What we discovered was somewhat surprising.
  • Washington's Attorney General Is Wrong to Oppose New Wrongful Death Bill
    Attorney Chris Davis comments on the Seattle PI article,"Disturbing truth on wrongful death bill," written by guest columnist and Washington State's Attorney General Rob McKenna. The article appeared in the Seattle PI on March 4, 2008.
  • What is Mandatory Arbitration ?
    The purpose of Mandatory Arbitration is to reduce court congestion, expedite the litigation process, and to provide a cost effective resolution of civil claims.
  • What You And Juries Don't Know
    Most people are very surprised to learn about certain facts and procedures that occur in our legal system, and that are very common in personal injury claims. A JURY will never know if the defendant has INSURANCE and if so, how much. The attorneys and judge are prohibited from even mentioning whether a party is insured, and if they do, a mistrial will typically occur.
  • Whiplash Injuries Are Difficult To Prove In Court
    The term whiplash refers to the sudden acceleration and deceleration of the neck and back following traumatic insult.
  • Why The Insurance Industry Wants To Defeat Referendum 67
    Why would the insurance industry spend $7.7 Million to defeat a measure that could conceivably give them an excuse to raise premiums and make even more money off of Washington State citizens? I smell a rat.
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