Injury Law Blog

Protecting your child is the bases of parenting, but being both a parent and a child injury lawyer, I know how difficult it can be to foresee potential injuries. Children aren’t allowed to handle scissors, super glue, or walk up cliffs out of fear for their safety, but there are everyday dangers that it is nearly […]

One of the most common questions I get is whether or not a certain case requires my services, or if it can be handled without a lawyer. This is an incredibly important question for anyone involved in an auto accident in Seattle or elsewhere in Washington. You don’t want to spend money on representation if that […]

There are a million suggestions on how to reduce auto accidents and motorcycle accidents, also the injuries and deaths that accompany these accidents, but one that not many people have seemed to consider is raising the licensing age. For the more experienced generation (I know the teens out there are rolling their eyes and declaring us […]

Motorcycles have a level of danger that is unique to the two-wheeled vehicle, because there is such little protection for the driver. Nearly 5,300 people died in 2008 due to fatal motorcycle accidents, which accounted for over 10% of fatal automobile accidents. The fact of the matter is that motorcycle fatalities are proportionately greater than […]

Pedestrian collisions can be incredibly devastating, considering people on the street have almost no protection against automobiles. There were nearly 4,400 fatal pedestrian collisions in 2008, which means that the rate of pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 Americans was 1.54. There is some room for optimism, however, as pedestrian fatalities have been steadily decreasing over the […]

As a Seattle personal injury attorney and Washington car accident lawyer, I am always interested in safety trends on our roads and highways. With the baby boom generation beginning to reach the senior citizen age range, I did some research on how this growing population of older drivers will effect car crash cases. The statistics […]

With the younger generation being more technically savvy and less experienced drivers we automatically assume teens are the prime offenders of texting while driving- but new research shows that adults are even more guilty of this offense. Adults More Guilty of Texting While Driving?

As a Seattle personal injury lawyer and Washington car crash attorney, I am constantly on the lookout for different driving tips to help make our roads safer. Dealing with clients everyday that have been in accidents involving distracted drivers or drunk drivers has given me some insight as to how we can best prepare ourselves […]

If you plan to ride a motorcycle, please take safety precautions. Although motorcycles have a reputation for being dangerous, this does not mean you need to be a victim of a Seattle motorcycle accident. There are many ways to prevent collisions and stay safe. Unfortunately, when drivers fail to practice these safe driving methods, they […]

Many car accidents and motorcycle collisions are caused by uncontrollable road conditions. Each year, thousands of drivers are seriously injured in these catastrophic accidents. This past Saturday, two people suffered serious injury when a deer jumped in front of their motorcycle. The accident happened around 11 p.m. in Port Orchard. The motorcycle was going west […]

A team of middle school students recently displayed more initiative and productive behavior than is typically witnessed in adults. As a Bellevue car accident lawyer, I experience first hand the excessively careless behavior people display on the roads. This group on teenagers from Philadelphia, however, decided to take it upon themselves to increase safety on […]