Woman killed while walking tracks by freight train near Tacoma
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)The Seattle Times reports that a woman, who was in her early 20s, was hit and killed by a Union Pacific freight train traveling on Burlington Northern tracks near the Tacoma late Friday evening. The Portland-bound freight train was near the Black River Station at the time of the pedestrian accident. According to the report, this is the fifth pedestrian who has been killed on Burlington Northern property in 2009. In 2008, 16 people were killed.This information is provided by Washington Injury ...
June 27, 2009 04:05 pm
Tacoma girl survives being run over by mom's minivan
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)The Seattle Times reports that a 4-year-old Tacoma girl sustained non-life threatening injuries after she fell out of the back of her mother's minivan and was run over by the rear tires. According to the report, the child was taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center in Tacoma and she is expected to survive her injuries.This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who ...
June 27, 2009 03:53 pm
Drivers sue Washington cities over red light camera traffic fines
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... Tacoma News Tribune reports that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of eight plaintiffs against 19 Washington cities saying that fines imposed against ... Lynnwood, Monroe, Moses Lake, Puyallup, Renton, SeaTac, Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. Cities install the red light cameras in school and construction zones and ... injury accidents at one intersection to one. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been ...
June 25, 2009 09:20 pm
A Couple of Motorcycle Accidents in California Caused by Negligent Cagers.
(Biker and Motorcycle Lawyer Blog / Blawg)... corner of Watsonville Road and Redwood Retreat Road. Silver 2005 Silver Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport SUV, driven by a 31-year-old Santa Cruz woman, was ... Redwood Retreat Road with an unidentified white Nissan pickup behind the motorcycle at the stop sign. As the Tacoma made an unsafe turning movement, it failed to maintain its lead and crossed over the ... a free consultation 7 days a week, 24 hours a day at 800-816-1529 ext. 1. California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Original post blogged on b2evolution.
June 25, 2009 11:04 am
Counting on success
(IntLawGrrls)... Can anyone explain why these nominees' unequivocal opposition to torture works as a negative?) ► On Thursday, a story in The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington, maintained that Johnsen's nomination to lead the top law office at Justice "is meeting stiff resistance ... our colleague Christopher Eisgruber pointed out this weekend, supporters of these 2 include top-tier conservative lawyers: for Johnsen, Pepperdine Law Professor Douglas Kmiec, who held the OLC job during the Reagan administration; for ...
June 21, 2009 09:10 pm
Boater fined but not charged in American Lake boating accident that seriously injured boy
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)The Tacoma News Tribune reports that a man who hit a 14-year-old kayaker with his boat on American Lake has been fined $343 for negligent boating. McKinley Randle, age 34, was fined but faces no criminal charges in the boating accident in which David Kenny "D.K." Ross was severely injured. Police said there was no evidence that Randle was under the influence of alcohol or drugs or speeding at the time of the March 1st boating accident. D.K. Ross suffered a ruptured spleen, broken ribs and a gash ...
June 19, 2009 11:50 am
Toddler injured after fall from Kent window
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)... out of a window in Kent, Washington. According to the report, the toddler fell out of a second story window after pushing the screen out. The report said the child was conscious. On June 1st, we reported on another child that fell from a Tacoma second story window. The employees at the Harborview Trauma Center nickname the children who fall from windows, "window jumpers." Every year at Harborview, between 50 and 60 children from the Seattle-are are treated for falls from windows. Parents and ...
June 16, 2009 01:00 pm
Engineer injured in Tacoma freight train accident
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)Seattle's KOMO News.com reports that an engineer was injured when a Burlington Northern Safe Fe freight train and a Union Pacific freight train were involved in an accident in the Tacoma, Washington switching yard. The train accident occurred on Monday evening when the BNSF locomotive hit the side of the departing Union Pacific train. The accident cause is being investigated. The condition of the engineer was not provided. This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a ...
June 16, 2009 12:47 pm
6 children, 2 pregnant mothers injured in I-5 rollover car accident
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... involved in a roll-over car accident this afternoon on Interstate 5 near DuPont. DuPont is a town about 15 miles south of Tacoma. The report said that two of the children and one of the pregnant mothers were thrown from the SUV and a 3-year-old ... belt law. Vehicle code RCW 46.61.688 requires that safety belts be used. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the ...
June 9, 2009 04:48 pm
Lawsuit Filed in I-15 Wrongful Death of Stranded Honeymooners
(Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog)... , 38, and Prock-Hills, 41, were killed on Interstate 15 just south of Silverado Ranch Boulevard on March 13, 2008. The couple was on the right side of the road at about 5 a.m. trying to change a flat tire on their black Toyota Tacoma pickup, the NHP said. NHP investigators determined that Masalski, who was driving a semi-truck, hit Prock-Hills and then Hills. Investigators said that Martinez, who was driving another semi-truck behind Masalski, struck the left side of the Toyota and ran over the ...
June 6, 2009 01:54 pm
Man killed in Port of Tacoma industrial accident
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)The Tacoma News Tribune reports that an unidentified man has been killed in an industrial accident at the Port of Tacoma. Apparently, the man was a worker at Joseph Simon & Sons metals dealer and recycler located at 2202 River St in the Tideflats. The Tacoma Fire Department got a call around 9:25 this morning of a "person trapped under materials." The person who was trapped died from injuries at the accident site. This information is ...
June 5, 2009 03:57 pm
Tacoma baby injured in 2nd story fall from window
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)The Tacoma News Tribune reports that a baby was injured in a fall from a second story window in the 13700 block of 97th Avenue East. The baby was taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and is expected to survive the accident. As the weather becomes warmer, open windows become a hazard to small children. Every year, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle treats between 50 and 60 children in and around Seattle for falls from windows. Harborview employees nickname these patients, "Window jumpers." ...
June 1, 2009 09:05 pm
Man dies in Thurston County single car accident
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)The Tacoma News Tribune reports that A 23-year-old Tenino man was killed in a single-car accident in Thurston County on Saturday evening. According to the report, Bryant E. Yale was driving his Honda Accord southbound on ... . Peter's Hospital in Olympia. Police that alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured car accidents and the families of ...
May 31, 2009 10:05 am
Is Getting Ripped Off Usual and Customary?
(Maryland Injury and Disability Law)... insurance company's negotiating skill behind you. So the costs for your treatment vary wildly from place to place. A sprained ankle in Tacoma, Washington might cost much more than the same injury in Yuma, Arizona. It depends on who owns the hospital ... Spring metro station. We have been handling personal injury law since 1985. To learn more about our personal injury lawyers, please read about Andrew Bederman, Roger Greenberg, or Jason Fernandez, or watch some of our personal injury videos on Utube. ...
May 29, 2009 07:49 am
Lakewood motorcycle officer seriously injured in accident with car
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... was seriously injured in a motorcycle-car-accident on Steilacoom Boulevard on Wednesday morning. Lakewood is a city south of Tacoma. According to the report, the officer was headed westbound on Steilacoom Boulevard when a car driven by a woman in her 80's pulled ... the woman's car. The driver of the car suffered minor injuries. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle ...
May 27, 2009 01:45 pm
Renton man killed in early morning single-car accident
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... 512. McDonald's body was found 150 feet away from his Jeep. Parkland, Washington is about 10 miles south of Tacoma. According to a report in The Seattle Times, McDonald was probably speeding when his vehicle left the road. His Jeep flipped over ... cars were damaged and damage estimates are between $200-$400 thousand dollars. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured and the families of ...
May 25, 2009 08:26 pm
News Coverage of Washington Lethal Injection Hearing
(StandDown Texas Project)... 's AP report, "Death row trio begin challenge," is in today's Tacoma News Tribune. The lawsuit doesn't seek to end lethal injections in Washington. ... an executed inmate won't be subjected to improper suffering and pain. State lawyers, however, say the Department of Corrections' methods withstand constitutional tests because they're ... dead. Assistant State Attorney General Sara Olson, the state's lead lawyer in the case, argued that Washington's existing policy gives proper assurances that a lethal ...
May 22, 2009 09:08 am
Traffic safety and children: be vigilant
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... sure drivers know where children and pets are before backing out. Now that the temperature is getting warmer in the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma metropolitan area, parents, grandparents and caregivers are reminded to not leave a child unattended in a car. In ... toy or some other reminder can be placed in the front seat as a reminder. This information is provided by the Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We present people who have been seriously injured in car accidents ...
May 21, 2009 02:32 pm
Auburn head-on car accident kills one, injures three
(Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... head-on car accident in which one man was killed and three people were injured, one critically reports the Tacoma News Tribune. The car accident occurred after 8pm on Tuesday evening in the 5500 block of A Street Southeast in Auburn. ... with critical injuries. Two other injured were taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center. This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the ...
May 20, 2009 01:37 pm
Construction worker injured when crane rolls over near Chehalis
(Washington Injury Attorney Blog)... that a crane operator was injured and taken to the hospital after the crane he was operating toppled, trapping him inside the cab. The construction accident occurred near Chehalis, Washington just off of the Interstate 5 on Tuesday. Chehalis is a town about 60 miles south of Tacoma. The 40-ton crane went apparently went onto a soft shoulder which resulted in the crane toppling. The crane operator's injuries were not disclosed but he was lucid enough to call 9-1-1 from his cab and he told the 9- ...
May 20, 2009 12:25 pm