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Court Denies Injury Victim Attorney Fees
Our law firm was not involved in the lawsuit described in this article.
Generally each side in a lawsuit must its own attorney fees unless there is fee shifting by contract or a legal exception.
Under some circumstances an insurance company may have to pay part of an injury victim’s attorney fees and legal expenses.
In a recent decision the Washington Court of Appeals considered whether this applies to a passenger in a vehicle who is injured as a result of the fault of the driver of the same vehicle. The Court ruled in a published decision that under such circumstances the driver’s insurance company is not liable for a pro-rata share of attorney fees.[1] Read the rest of this entry »
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