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• Let's Go Sailing Passengers Injured--Rights and Remedies on the Water

  Michael Myers | September 16, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Yesterday KIRO TV reported a collision between a Bayliner Trophy and a 42-foot sailboat near Alki Point.  Three people suffered injuries.  "They told me this guy came out of nowhere and smashed into...

• Rogue Waves--Vessel Owners Contort a Dubious Defense

  Michael Myers | September 16, 2008 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  One of the most frequently asserted defenses in cruise ship litigation, not only by Holland America, but also by regional cruise lines, sightseeing vessels ...

• Post-Collision Car Fire in Thurston County

  Ryan Nute | February 02, 2008 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Sometimes accidents and injuries arise from a combination of factors--not just negligent driving. It's important not to overlook any potential cause in a serious injury accident.Two people were killed in a car accident in Thurston County early Sundy morning. According to the Washington State Patrol the 1997 Pontiac Grand Am was traveling northbound on SR 101 at about 1:30 a.m. when it veered to...

• Pet Injured in Head on Crash

  Michael Myers | January 28, 2008 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  More and more people are driving with pets in their cars. That means more and more pets are being injured in motor vehicle accidents. A poodle riding in a pickup truck was seriously injured when a driver traveling the opposite direction on State Route 515 crossed the center line and hit the pickup head on. The pickup driver, a 48-year old woman from Kent, and her passenger, a 49-year old man...

• Birth Control Patch Gets Updated Label

  Jenny Albano | January 20, 2008 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The FDA approved new changes to Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Patch's label on Friday, January 18. The label will include the results of a study that found that users who use the birth control patch are at a higher risk of developing blood clots, or known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), than for women who use birth control pills.The study was conducted on women from 15-44 and...

• I Got Doored!

  Ryan Nute | January 02, 2008 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  It's one of the commuting cyclist's perils. You're riding on the shoulder past parked cars when all of a sudden someone opens their car door, leaving you the choice of (a) crashing into said door or (b) veering left into traffic. Quite the "Hobson's Choice" (that is, no choice at all).Did you ever wonder whether drivers have a legal duty to look before opening their doors? Well, they do. And...

• Drunk Driver Causes Deadly Accident in Tacoma

  Ryan Nute | December 29, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  On Christmas Eve Peter Pung, 18, was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Pung was driving on Golden Given Road East, a road in Tacoma, Washington, when a pickup blew through a stop sign and T-boned Pung's Honda. The driver of the pickup, Aaaron Wayne Bell, 26, crashed into Pung's car with such speed it drove the Honda's passenger-side door into Pung and crushed him against the driver's side...

• Passengers Injured in Sumner Crash

  Chelsea Gilbert | December 28, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  On Christmas Eve a 35-year old man was killed and two men were critically injured in a car crash on West Valley Highway in Sumner, Washington. According to the police, the driver was speeding, lost control, crossed into oncoming traffic and then hit a tree. The driver was declared dead at the scene of the accident; the two passengers were transported to Harborview Medical Center. Alcohol was...

• Opportunity Cost Key Factor in Assessing Personal Injury Damages

  Michael Myers | December 21, 2007 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Personal injury cases are typically valued--by insurance adjusters, personal injury attorneys and juries--based on medical expenses. Oftentimes lost wages and, to a greater extent, opportunity cost, take a back seat. Should people who get hurt in accidents be compensated for the opportunities they miss because of someone else's negligence? On Monday, Brian Ebersole, former state legislator,...

• Deadly Crash on I-5 Highlights Important Issue for Injured Workers

  Michael Myers | December 17, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  I was looking through my email and found an alert from KIRO. It described an accident that happened on Friday involving a DOT truck. During the morning commute last Friday an SUV slammed into a Department of Transportation worker's truck on Interstate 5 in Fife. The collision killed the SUV driver, Roy P. Fuentes, and injured the 56-year-old State worker, David Ball. Ball was outside of...