Our state was recently ranked number one for “bicycle friendliness” by the League of American Bicyclists.  See the results here and roll your cursor over Washington.  Unfortunately we may not yet have gotten the positive bounce from the various initiatives and programs which led to our state’s top ranking.   A study from 2001-2011 revealed [...] Read more »

I enjoy finding interesting articles and sharing safety information with readers who come across my blog. But my foremost obligation is to my clients, helping to get them back to where they were before someone’s inattention, distraction or failure to follow the rules changed my client’s life forever.  In the last six months I have [...] Read more »

Halloween is one of the most popular holidays of the year. Children love it because they get to wear a costume and run from house to house getting free candy. Halloween is also a dangerous time for young pedestrians. The CDC studied accident data over a 20 year period. It revealed the number of deaths [...] Read more »

Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is optional auto coverage in Washington and like Uninsured Motorist coverage it is worth getting.  With PIP coverage, your insurance company pays the medical bills for the treatment of crash related injuries.  You can buy varying levels of coverage, usually $10,000 or $35,000 for treatment received 1-3 years following the crash, [...] Read more »

In June 2011 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that patients taking ACTOS (aka Actoplus, Met and Duetact) for longer than one year have an increased risk of bladder cancer.  Two months later the agency required updated labels to include safety information informing patients of this increased risk.  Due to these same risks, France [...] Read more »

Last August we were back again at the Rainer Valley “Summer in the Streets” festival, letting kids have fun at our “Duck Pond” while parents were able to pick up a “Keeping Kids Safe” brochure (which we printed in seven different languages) as well as other safety information.  We also held a raffle to give [...] Read more »

According to reports in the media, at around six p.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2011 a young man riding his bike was hit and killed when a car turned left in front of him.  http://bit.ly/qyblI8.  I have not seen the police report nor read any of the witness statements, but as the crash was described, [...] Read more »

On Saturday August 20, we were back having a great time at this annual south end street fair.  After an incredible parade (which included an Aztec dance group) various (mostly) children’s activities took over Rainier Avenue.  Some of the fun included “Somersault City”, Create Your Own “Paint Chip Mosaic” and a Chicken Petting Zoo.  Who [...] Read more »

In July two bicyclists were killed while riding home from work in broad daylight, less then seven days apart.  And while my case load is not statistically significant, in the last month two other bicyclists recently hit by cars have hired me to represent them in their personal injury claims.   From 2001 to 2009 [...] Read more »

Everyone seems to complain about the recent addition of red light cameras at busy intersections which, with the aid of high speed cameras and a strobe, are able to catch drivers who go through a yellow light.  At least that is what I thought.  But when I fought my red light ticket, the judge, prosecutor [...] Read more »