Seattle Personal Injury Attorney

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury lawsuit described in this article. A woman injured in a motor vehicle accident served the Washington Secretary of State because she was unable to locate the other driver to effect personal service.  The trial court entered a default judgment.  The court awarded $12,000 in general [...]

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury lawsuit described in this article. The Washington Court of Appeals ruled on a case in which it was alleged that an oil slick from a truck on the interstate highway caused a vehicle to loose control and leave the highway, rolling over several times.[1] A [...]

In a recent decision the Washington Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of a personal injury claim as time barred.[1] The plaintiff’s attorney named and served Elizabeth Loeliger rather than Elisabeth Loeliger. Elisabeth Loeliger was the person who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and allegedly injured the plaintiff.  Elizabeth Loeliger is her mother. By [...]

This question comes up occasionally. The answer is generally, no. However, there may be liability if you own, provide, or maintain the automobile for a senior parent, or if you allow a senior parent drive your vehicle and know or should know that the senior parent’s ability to operate a motor vehicle is diminished. This [...]

A parent is liable for injury caused by a family member driver (typically a minor) if The vehicle is owned, provided, or maintained by a parent for the general use, pleasure, and convenience of family members a family member for whom the vehicle is maintained was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, [...]

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury case described in this article. Recently there have been several personal injury cases dismissed for failure to properly bring the action within the statute of limitations and the dismissal upheld on appeal. A case must be brought within the applicable statute if limitations period or [...]

Our personal injury law firm was not involved in the case described. A woman who was eight months pregnant lost consciousness while driving to work in her truck. She rear ended one car and then hit a parked car. She was traveling at over 30 miles per hour when her truck crashed into the parked [...]

Our personal injury law firm took no part in the case described in this post. In a recent personal injury case the defense introduced a photo of the injury claimant depicting him in a smiling pose with two Playboy bunnies taken at the Playboy Mansion.[1] He testified he was “miserable” while on the trip and [...]

Our personal injury law firm did not participate in this lawsuit. In a recent unpublished opinion the Washington Court of Appeals reaffirmed the established rule that statutory offers under attorney fee shifting statutes must be made prior to mandatory arbitration hearings. Although the plaintiff prevailed before the trial judge on her personal injury claims, the [...]

 Our Seattle personal injury attorney did not participate in the lawsuit described. The Washington Supreme Court in a recent personal injury case ruled on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.[1]  Res ipsa loquitur means “the thing speaks for itself”.“The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur spares the plaintiff the normal requirement of proving specific acts of negligence in [...]