The website seattletimes.com reported in an article on April 28, 2009 that the family of Bryce Lewis, 19 who was killed when a dump truck struck the bike she was riding, has settled out of court. The family attorney stated that parents Marc and Laura Paolicelli of Colorado, agreed to…
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Seattle Wrongful Death Search For Woman By Coastguard Suspended
The website pnwlocalnew.com reported in an article on January 14, 2009 that the search for Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz 45, had been called off. Stafford-Yilmaz’s van was found with no sight of the woman when the Puyallup ferry she was riding from Seattle to Bainbridge arrived at Eagle Harbor. Washington state police…
Puyallup Boy Dies At Monster Truck Show
The Seattle Times published an article on January 18, 2009 about the tragic story of a young 6 year old boy who was killed by flying debris launched from a Monster Truck during a performance in Tacoma, Washington. Crime scene investigators were taking a closer look at the drive train…
Fort Lewis Soldier Dies After Car Accident
The newstribune.com website reported in a story on January 19, 2009 that a Fort Lewis soldier had died while on post. The family of the soldier has yet to be contacted and so the identity of the soldier was not released. The only information that was released by the army…
Truck accident on I- 5 involving tanker truck leaves driver dead
A tanker truck owned by Reinhard petroleum of Federal Way, Washington,and carrying 10,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline, crashed and burned on Interstate 5. The driver was killed. According to Seattle’s Komo4 News, the driver, William Neil Adams, age 56, of Scappoose, Oregon, was driving the truck from Linton, OR to…
Renton Car Crash Leaves Bicyclist Dead
A bicyclist was hit by a driver this morning in the Skyway neighborhood. According to King County sheriff’s Deputies, the cyclist was killed. Sgt. John Urquhart said that the accident happened on South 130th Street and Renton Avenue South around 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The driver was a man in…
Hit-and-Run Car Accident in Toppenish Kills One, Two Flee
Police still searching for two people involved in deadly car accident Washington State Police are looking for two people involved in a deadly hit-and-run car crash Thanksgiving Day in Toppenish, Washington. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the result of an auto accident in Seattle…
Fatal Tacoma School Shooting Brings Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of the student murdered in Tacoma, Washington while attending Foss High School has filed a lawsuit against Tacoma School District. The family of the student is seeking $35 million. According to the Seattletimes.com, the wrongful death lawsuit, filed Thursday, states that the family says the district should have…
$100 Million Awarded to Troy, Michigan Family in Wrongful Death Suit
A family was awarded $100 million in a wrongful death suit — the largest settlement known for a wrongful death case in Michigan. The settlement stemmed from the 2005 murder of 20-year-old girl in Troy, Michigan. At Bernard Law Group, we handle wrongful death lawsuits in Washington State every day.…
$1.25M Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit
A jury in Tennessee awarded the family of a young mother more than $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. Ginger Williams, 34 and suffering from end-stage renal disease, died one day after doctors released her from the emergency room at Maury Regional Hospital. According to her mother, doctors and…