Category: Traumatic Injuries

The Toppenish School District will be paying $6.9 million to the family of a child who was severely and permanently injured when she fell through bleachers in 2007. The record settlement was reached in October after a 10-hour mediation session and was approved by the Yakima County Superior Court in…

As anyone who lives in the Yakima Valley area knows, the roads can become treacherous quickly during the winter. Rain can turn to sleet and ice as daytime temperatures drop, causing the roads to become a virtual sheet of ice. Mountain passes can become nearly impossible to navigate as snow…

The Washington State Department of Transportation has made significant efforts to understand why some drivers travel the wrong way on interstates and to determine what can be done to prevent these potentially fatal mistakes. On the heels of a recent fatal wrong-way crash in Ritzville, Wash., another wrong-way accident in…

If you or a loved one suffered a traumatic injury as the result of medical negligence, you may have a legal right to compensation for your injury or loss. In the State of Washington, the laws relating to medical negligence are complicated, so it is imperative that you consult an…

More than 10,000 people across the country are killed each year in rollover accidents, according to the National Safety Council. A recent Bellingham, Wash., car accident that injured a woman illustrates the dangers. The woman was in a Chevy Cavalier that was tailing a Ford Mustang when the Mustang slowed…

The body of a 14-year-old Westport teenager was found recently on Ocean Shores Beach, two weeks after he disappeared while swimming with a friend. The teenager’s friend, age 12, said the two were swimming in waist-deep water when a rip tide overcame them. The younger boy was thrown to shore,…

Most people have heard the term “whiplash” before, but few really understand what it is and what it means to suffer from whiplash. Unfortunately, the term whiplash has gotten a bad name over the years, in part because of the way it has been portrayed in the media. Whiplash has…

If you have recently been involved in a Washington State car accident, you may have suffered a spinal cord injury. This type of injury is very different from the less serious whiplash injury which is a common car accident injury. A spinal cord injury can cause both immediate and long-term…