On Thursday, the Supreme Court in Washington State unanimously voted to reinstate a $14 million award to a family who sued a tavern and a bartender after one of the bar’s customers drove away from the establishment and crashed into their vehicle. Their 7-year-old-son is now a paraplegic due to…
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Unsafe Driving Around Commercial Trucks Targeted by Washington State Patrol
The Washington State Patrol reports that between 2005 and 2007, there were almost 5000 commercial truck accidents in Washington alone. These accidents involved drivers of cars who drive unsafely around large commercial trucks. In two-thirds of the accidents, statistics show that the driver of the car was at-fault. These accidents…
Tests Show Higher Risk for Small Cars in Crashes
The website latimes.com reported in an article on April 14, 2009 that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently published the results of a series of crash tests. The Institute crashed a Honda Fit into a Honda Accord, a Smart ForTwo into a Mercedes C-Class, and a Toyota Yaris…
Bus Safety Review after Fatal Bus Accident Ordered by Transportation Boss
The website philly.com reported in a storyon April 29, 2009 that Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation has plans to order a full departmental review of motor coach safety. This action comes a day after five people were killed when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed in Soledad, California…
Texting Driver Crashes into Idaho Police Officer
Seattle’s KOMO TV News Station reports in an article that a driver who was texting while driving over 60 miles per hour crashed into the back end of a Boise patrol car on Interstate 84 in Meridian, Idaho. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the…
Algona Car Accident Seriously Injures Two People
Valley Regional Fire Authority reported that two people were critically injured when a vehicle struck a power pole and landed in a ditch in this Algona car accident. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day. Call…
Washington Auto Accidents May Involve More Uninsured Drivers As Recession Grows
The washingtontimes.com website reported on February 16, 2009 in an article released by the Insurance Research Council that estimates that by next year, one out of six drivers may be driving without insurance. This would mean bad news for an uninsured driver or those involved in a car accident in…
Everett Pedestrian Accident Hospitalizes Man After Being Hit By Bus
A pedestrian, 44 years old, was seriously injured by a Sound Transit bus Friday night in Everett. He is now recovering at Harborview Hospital from the Everett pedestrian accident. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day.…
Kirkland Car Accident Stems From Carjacking and Chase On I-5
A Kirkland carjacking, followed by a police chase, ended in a serious Seattle auto accident on Interstate 5 on Saturday. It added to traffic already jammed from construction on the freeway’s southbound lanes. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in…
Washington Car Accident On Highway 99 Hospitalizes Four People
Four people, including one child, were taken to a hospital Sunday evening after a three-car crash on Highway 99 north of Seattle. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day. Call our attorneys at 1-800-418-8282. We are…