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Kirk Bernard's Tips on How to Protect Yourself from Typical Construction Site Injuries
Posted on November 20, 2009As a construction accident attorney, Kirk Bernard is aware that when working on a construction site in the state of Washington, there are steps you can take to protect yourself from a construction site injury. Being aware of your surroundings and potential danger is the first step to avoid suffering an injury in a Seattle construction accident...
Kirk Bernard Discusses Aftermath of Construction Wrongful Death Accidents in Washington
Posted on November 20, 2009The death of a loved one can have a devastating impact on surviving family members. During this time of grief, it?s difficult to think of anything else except the loss of that special person. But after the grieving ends, what is there to do about the ones who caused the death? Did the construction site employers, contractors and/or subcontractors fail to provide a safe environment for the loved one? Did that failure cause the accident that led to the death of the loved one? Wrongful death can arise as a result of construction site accidents in Seattle...
Flammable Robes Recalled, Linked to Nine Deaths
Posted on November 19, 2009The connection between nine deaths and extremely flammable women?s robes has instigated a recall by Blair LLC. According to a kfoxtv.com report, a Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announcement stated that four additional reports of death linked to the full-length women?s chenille robes have been reported to Blair LLC of Warren, PA since June...
Kirk Bernard Addresses Whether Injured Passengers Have the Same Rights as Drivers in a Collision
Posted on November 19, 2009A recently published article by Kirk Bernard on ArticleBase addresses how an auto accident can change a person?s life forever. There are vehicle repairs to worry about, of course, but those costs are often negligible compared to the other possible consequences...
Driver and 5 Passengers Killed in Kitsap County Crash
Posted on November 18, 2009According to State Patrol, a collision late Friday night left a man dead on Highway 3 about three miles north of Poulsbo in Kitsap County. The man was 25-years-old, and from Marysville. He reportedly died at the scene. The driver apparently failed to field to yield the right of way while pulling out of the Hilltop Store onto Southbound Highway 3...
The Fine Points of a Seattle Personal Injury Claim
Posted on November 18, 2009Across the mega city of Seattle, WA personal injury law firms similar to the Bernard Law Group represent a huge urban population in cases involving auto accidents, worker?s compensation, professional liability and much more. Each personal injury case is unique and Washington personal injury attorneys use their experience to ensure that their clients receive the fair compensation to which they are entitled...
How to File a Seattle Personal Injury Lawsuit
Posted on November 17, 2009In the large urban center of Seattle, neatly poised on the Puget Sound, all kinds of personal injury incidents happen every day. Seattle personal injury attorney Kirk Bernard understands that Washington residents impacted by an event commonly look for ways to pay their medical bills and get compensation for an incident in which they were a victim of preventable harm, whether it?s a workplace injury, a car accident or some other kind of event caused by another party?including an individual or local business...
Lynnwood Worker Suffers Fatal Fall from 4-Story Building
Posted on November 16, 2009According to a heraldnet.com article, a worker has died after falling four stories from a building in Lynnwood where he was installing carpet. Apparently, the accident took place around 10 a.m. on November 12, 2009 as the carpet installer fell out of a Holiday Inn Express window and landed on his head...
Former Richland Swimmer Hit by Car
Posted on November 13, 2009A 22-year-old former Richland High School swimmer was hit by a car while crossing a Seattle street Wednesday night. It was reported that she sustained a serious head injury in the accident. She was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center. The driver of the car was a 20-year-old man...
Kirk Bernard Discusses How Paralysis May Be Caused by Spinal Cord Injury
Posted on November 13, 2009Ezines lately published an article by Seattle personal injury attorney, Kirk Bernard, which discusses how paralysis may be caused by spinal cord injury. The article begins by stating that the spinal cord is what actually transports and delivers impulses to various parts of the body (while the brain is responsible for producing these impulses)...
Kirk Bernard's Survival Guide to Handling Foodborne Illness
Posted on November 11, 2009A recent ArticleBase post by Kirk Bernard discusses the Seattle personal injury attorney?s survival guide to handling foodborne illness. Foodborne illness may result from product liability issues and forms of negligence, such as a food product being contaminated from poor handling during manufacturing or a food product containing E...
Two Women Killed As Car Crashes in Ravine in Bremerton
Posted on November 10, 2009Two women, both in their 20s, died early Sunday morning when the car they were in veered off the roadway in Bremerton. The car then plunged down a ravine and slammed into an embankment. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old man, survived the crash. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle...
Kirk Bernard Reveals 9 Common Causes of Construction Accidents
Posted on November 06, 2009Taking into account that there are multiple reasons why a construction accident may occur, a recent Ezines article by Kirk Bernard reveals the 9 most common causes of these often catastrophic incidents. In discussing the most frequently seen events that lead to a construction accident, Seattle personal injury attorney Kirk Bernard addresses how negligence leading to serious injuries on a construction site may involve misuse of equipment and tools, unsafe work areas, and failure to use protective gear...
South Kitsap Van Crash Injures Two
Posted on November 04, 2009A single car crash, which resulted in serious injuries to a 47-year-old woman and her 27-year-old daughter, is being investigated by the Kitsap County Sheriff deputies. The accident occurred Saturday in South Kitsap. Both victims are South Kitsap County residents...
Kirk Bernard Shares the 4 Most Common Extraordinary Automobile Accidents Circumstances
Posted on November 03, 2009Ezines recently published an article by Seattle auto accident lawyer, Kirk Bernard, called ?4 Most Common Extraordinary Automobile Accidents Circumstances.? In addressing the 4 most frequently seen complications that may arise after an auto accident, Mr...
Hit-and-Run Accident Leaves Seattle Man Seriously Injured
Posted on October 30, 2009A 51-year-old Seattle man, who remains unidentified, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a pedestrian accident. He sustained life-threatening injuries. The Seattle Times reported that the unidentified man was walking on the shoulder of an Interstate 5 ramp when he was hit by a car...
Kirk Bernard Offers 12 Answers to Common Auto Insurance Questions
Posted on October 29, 2009A current ArticlesBase piece by Seattle personal injury attorney, Kirk Bernard, addresses twelve answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding auto insurance in Washington. The article provides answers to questions that range from what a person should do after being in a car accident, to how a motorist can save money on auto insurance...
Kirk Bernard Discusses How the Value of a Claim is Determined
Posted on October 29, 2009An article was recently published on American Chronicle by Kirk Bernard that focuses on how the value of a personal injury claim is determined. Although formulating how much a claim is worth is not an easy task, the article emphasizes specific factors such as the extent of medical treatment (physical therapy, surgery, etc...
Drug Deaths Rise Above Traffic Fatalities: Washington One of 16 States
Posted on October 29, 2009A recent washingtonexaminer.com article has revealed some startling statistics regarding the increase in deaths caused by drug use and overdose in comparison to a decrease in traffic-related fatalities. Washington State is among 16 others in the United States where it would seem that motorists are becoming more cautious when driving but taking more risks when it comes to drugs...
Kirk Bernard Provides 6 Pointers On What Kind of Compensation Auto Accident Victims Can Expect
Posted on October 28, 2009The latest American Chronicle article by Kirk Bernard provides six pointers on what kind of compensation auto accident victims can expect for their particular situation. The article begins its discussion by stating that the devastation of an auto collision can impact a victim?s quality of life for many years, if not indefinitely...
Twin Sisters Suffer Critical Burn Injuries from House Fire
Posted on October 27, 2009Burn injuries can happen in a matter of seconds, but the pain caused by such injuries can last a lifetime. Whether a person suffers first, second, or third degree burns, in many cases, a burn injury victim may have to endure years of rehabilitation and even multiple surgeries to help avoid disfigurement or scarring...
Kirk Bernard of the Bernard Law Group Announces $425,500.00 Settlement in Washington Motorcycle Injury Case
Posted on October 26, 2009PRWEB announced on October 22, 2009 that Kirk Bernard, founding partner of The Bernard Law Group, declared that partner and personal injury attorney Elizabeth Lindquist reached a settlement at mediation in September 2009 for $425,500 in a Washington motorcycle accident injury case...
Kirk Bernard's 5 Tips on Choosing the Right Lawyer for your Case
Posted on October 23, 2009A recent American Chronicle article by Kirk Bernard discusses his top five tips on how to choose the right lawyer for your case as a personal injury victim. The article begins by acknowledging that it is never easy to select the right lawyer for a particular case, mainly due to the fact that every personal injury incident has unique underlying circumstances...
Woman Killed by Amtrak Train
Posted on October 22, 2009A recent seattletimes.nwsource.com article serves as a reminder of how important it is to use extreme caution when in close proximity to train tracks, whether you are in an automobile, riding a bike, or, especially, a pedestrian on-foot. According to the report, a woman was killed after being hit by an Amtrak train that was on its way to Seattle from Portland...
15-Year-Old Killed by Pain Patch Overdose
Posted on October 20, 2009A recent story about a 15-year-old autistic boy who died shortly after undergoing dental work at Seattle Children?s hospital has left parents feeling shocked and outraged. According to a kirotv.com article, the boy was discharged from the hospital on March 9 and was discovered dead the next day...
Cyclists Want Tougher Driving Laws in Seattle
Posted on October 16, 2009Last February, a 39 year old father was killed when he was hit by a car while riding his bike to work. His widow says, "?I don't want it to happen again." Speaking at a crowded bicycle summit at Seattle City Hall on Wednesday night in support of tougher laws against dangerous drivers, she said, "The person behind the wheel was negligent; their behavior was the cause of someone's death...
Wet Road Conditions Contributed to Yelm Head-On Collision
Posted on October 15, 2009A recent king5.com article reported that two teens have suffered serious chest, leg, and head injuries from a head-on collision that took place on the morning of September 29, 2009. According the story, Washington State Patrol said that the 16-year-old driver was driving at speeds too great for the wet road conditions...
Lakewood Residents Argue that Speed Cameras Don?t Capture their Best Side
Posted on October 13, 2009Much debate has circulated around the use of camera vans and the effectiveness of fixed camera installation to help prevent speeding in school zones. Lakewood school zones in particular have had camera vans in position to catch such speeders. However, according to a report from thenewstribune...
Johnson & Johnson's Voluntary Recall of Infants' and Children's Liquid Tylenol
Posted on October 07, 2009A recent komonews.com article reported that the McNeil unit of Johnson & Johnson has issued a voluntary recall of 57 lots of liquid Tylenol products, intended for use on infants and children, due to a plausible bacterial contamination. Many parents are shocked to learn that the reputable company revealed that a B...
Speeding Causes Car to Crash into SeaTac Building
Posted on October 05, 2009Any kind of auto accident is tragic, especially when such an incident is caused by a preventable factor like speeding, cell phone use, or impaired driving. A recent car collision reported by seattletimes.nwsource.com is a reminder of how detrimental speeding can actually be, and should serve as a powerful deterrent next time a motorist thinks of violating the speed limit...
Seattle Motorcycle Collision Kills Man, Injures Another
Posted on September 30, 2009The investigation continues into the cause of a serious motorcycle accident in Seattle that took the life of one man and left another motorcyclist in critical condition with severe injuries. Seattle Police reported that even though there is no indication that the two motorcycles hit each other, they were both involved in the accident that occurred at around 2 a...
Two Injured and Hospitalized after Sound Transit Collision
Posted on September 28, 2009Saturday afternoon, two people went to Harborview Medical Center after their car hit a Sound Transit train. The collision happened at Martin Luther King Junior Way South and South Kenyon Street. Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen said that their injuries were not life-threatening...
Yakima County Car Wreck Injures 7, Kills 3
Posted on September 23, 2009On the afternoon of Sunday, August 2, 2009, a serious car accident took place in Washington, killing three men, all identified as brothers from Yakima. According to a kings5.com report, the three brothers were riding in a Jeep Wrangler, which swung into oncoming traffic and ran into a Ford Expedition that had a boat in tow...
Alleged Hit and Run Driver Hits Bus, 5 Injured
Posted on September 16, 2009An alleged hit and run driver, fleeing the scene of one accident, slammed head-on into a Clallam County transit bus. The bus then hit another car. Five people are recovering from injuries suffered when the collision occurred. The accident took place just before 6 p...
Making Seattle's Roads Safer: Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
Posted on September 16, 2009On August 12, 2009, Seattle?s Department of Transportation announced its intent to increase safety in the Ballard Community by implementing a two-phase plan to impede speeding. In order to steer drivers in the right direction towards increasing safety, the program will focus on making motorists driving through neighborhoods aware of how fast they are driving...
Mount Vernon Multi-Vehicle Accident Kills 1, Injures 4
Posted on September 15, 2009Friday night on State Route 9 in Mount Vernon, a 60-year-old Mount Vernon motorcyclist was killed and four other people were injured in a multi-vehicle accident. Seattle's KOMO news.com reported that the motorcyclist was heading north on SR 9 when he crossed the center line and collided head on with a Honda CRS that was heading south...
Crash in Allyn, Washington Leaves 2 Seriously Injured
Posted on September 14, 2009A suspected drunk driving crash Thursday night in Allyn, Washington left two people seriously injured, according to the Mason County Sheriff?s Office. A 19-year-old Allyn man was driving west on the 700 block of East Lake Shore Drive in Lakeland Village around 10:15 p...
Truck's Brakes Give Out on Seattle Street
Posted on September 09, 2009A runaway dump truck hauling shards of broken concrete took motorists traveling down Madison Street, including the truck?s driver, by surprise when it crashed into a strip mall. However, the incident could have resulted in serious injury to a large number of people had the truck driver not intentionally crashed into a nearby building, thus bringing his vehicle to a halt and avoiding further reckless travel down the street...
Seattle Traffic Law Denied Relating to Bicyclists' Death
Posted on September 03, 2009A recent article from seattletimes.nwsource.com discusses the recent conclusion that a Seattle ordinance created in 2005 that criminalizes certain traffic violations resulting in injury or death of an individual is in fact invalid due to its conflict with state law...
Accident on Washington State Highway 2 Leaves Woman Injured
Posted on September 02, 2009Early Thursday morning, a Ferndale woman was left in critical condition after a pickup truck struck her on Highway 2 near Gold Bar. The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The 49-year-old woman was taken to Harborview by ambulance after suffering leg and chest injuries in the accident, said Trooper Keith Leary of the Washington State Patrol...
Seattle Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Kills Man
Posted on September 01, 2009On June 24, 2009, a Seattle man was killed in a pedestrian accident suspected to have been caused by a light-shaded bus that left the scene of the incident without offering assistance. Police are in search of any information from the public regarding the details of the tragic hit-and-run crash in hopes of finding those responsible for the innocent man?s death...
Crash in Allyn, Washington Leaves 2 Seriously Injured
Posted on August 31, 2009A suspected drunk driving car crash in Washington Thursday night in Allyn left two people seriously injured, according to the Mason County Sheriff?s Office. A 19-year-old Allyn man was driving west on the 700 block of East Lake Shore Drive in Lakeland Village around 10:15 p...
Washington Motorcycle Collision Caused by Bear in the Road
Posted on August 27, 2009An article from yakima-herald.com reported that a motorcycle accident in Washington occurred after a 46-year-old Yakima-area man lost control of his bike. On Sunday morning, August 2, 2009, around 10:30 a.m., the motorcyclist was riding on the North Fork Road outside Tampico when it came to his attention that a bear was in his lane up ahead after he rounded a curve...
Lowe's Pays $1.7M to Settle Discrimination Case
Posted on August 26, 2009A $1.7 million settlement in a sexual harassment case against Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse Inc. has been announced by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. On Thursday, the deal was signed by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, and resolves a lawsuit on behalf of three workers at a Lowe's outlet in Longview, Washington...
Everett Fiery Auto Accident Injures 2 after Car Split in Half
Posted on August 25, 2009Two women in Washington have suffered serious injuries in a car accident and have been taken to a Seattle-area hospital. The fiery crash occurred the night of June 23, 2009 on Evergreen Way when the vehicle with the two women was hit, while making a left-hand turn into a parking lot, by a car heading southbound...
Sumner Single Car Accident Injures Two
Posted on August 19, 2009According to the Tacoma News Tribune, a 41-year-old Sumner man was critically injured and a 41-year-old Puyallup woman was seriously injured in a single-car accident on Highway 162 near Sumner. It was reported that the man lost control of the car he was driving as he was attempting to pass another car around 11:15pm on Sunday...
Bellingham Motorcycle Accident Injures Two
Posted on August 14, 2009The Bellingham Herald reports that a motorcycle rider and his passenger were injured in a motorcycle accident in Washington. According to the report, the 34 year old Bellingham man was driving his motorcycle Marigold eastbound, near Lake Whatcom Boulevard...
Oregon Crash Leaves 4 Washington Teens Dead
Posted on August 12, 2009Authorities say that four Washington teenagers tragically died and a fifth was critically injured in a car crash on State Highway 30 in northwest Oregon on Monday. The teenagers were in a sport utility vehicle that was heading westbound. The vehicle collided with an eastbound van just west of Clatskanie, Oregon State Police Lt...
A Car and Bicyclist Collide On Street in Ballard
Posted on August 05, 2009A bicyclist and a small passenger car collided at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the intersection of 14th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 58th Street in Ballard. The cyclist sustained minor injuries in the bike accident in Washington. According to a local news source, the 14th Avenue Northwest Visioning Project has been working on improvements to the street for the past several years...
Pickup Crash Near Monroe Leaves 2 Dead
Posted on August 04, 2009A crash early Saturday morning outside Monroe, Washington has left two people dead. State troopers believe alcohol or other drugs may be involved. According to troopers, shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, a 2008 Hyundai Tiburon that was driving eastbound went off State Route 522 to the right, then veered across the center line and hit a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup truck...
Fatal Crash Fault of 15-Year-Old Driver
Posted on July 29, 2009According to the San Juan County sheriff's office, a 15-year-old was driving a speeding car that hit a group of bicycle riders and a jogger. The jogger was killed, and a 7-year-old girl was badly injured. Sheriff Bill Cumming said that the driver and a 17-year-old passenger had been doing some work on a 1974 Chevrolet Nova...
Washington Rush Hour Crash on I-90 Bridge Caused by Unsecured Load
Posted on July 21, 2009According to the Washington State Patrol, an unsecured load caused a chain reaction crash on the Interstate 90 floating bridge across Lake Washington. The crash delayed Monday evening commuter traffic for hours. Two westbound lanes were blocked for nearly 2 1/2 hours by the auto accident in Washington...
Washington State Restores $14 Million DUI Award
Posted on July 20, 2009On 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 the tragic collision...
Judge Rules in Favor of Dole - Several Related Cases May Be at Risk
Posted on July 13, 2009A Los Angeles judge has dismissed two lawsuits that were filed against US Food Giant Dole by Nicaraguan banana plantation workers, according to a recent report on abcnews online. The lawsuits alleged that Dole was guilty of exposing plantation workers to harmful pesticides...
Fatal Washington Crash on Hwy 2 Leaves Snohomish Deputy, Prisoner Injured
Posted on July 10, 2009A full recovery is expected for a Snohomish County sheriff's deputy and his prisoner who suffered injuries in a Washington car collision that killed the other driver on Highway 2 near Snohomish. According to a Washington State Patrol Trooper, the 35-year-old deputy is in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle...
Unsafe Driving Around Commercial Trucks Targeted by Washington State Patrol
Posted on July 08, 2009The 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...
Seattle Fatal Bike Accident on Highway 99
Posted on July 06, 2009According to KOMOnews.com, a 35-year-old Seattle man was killed Wednesday night in a bicycle accident in Seattle on Highway 99. Apparently, the bicyclist collided with a car a little after 10pm in the southbound lanes of Highway 99 near the Dexter Avenue exit...
Kirk Bernard Introduces New Spinal Cord Injury Website
Posted on July 01, 2009The Bernard Law Group has launched a new website focusing on spinal cord injuries and the legal grounds involved when such tragedy strikes. Personal injury attorney, Kirk Bernard, is happy to announce the website, http://www.washingtonspinalcordinjuryattorneys...
Small Plane Crash in Washington Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured
Posted on June 29, 2009According to authorities, a father and his young son were killed in a single-engine aviation accident in Washington State. The man?s 5-year-old daughter was critically injured. The Yakima County Coroner?s Office says that the 37-year-old man, from Yakima, Washington, and his 13-year-old son were killed in the crash that occurred Sunday afternoon...
Thurston County Hit and Run Accident Leaves Boy Seriously Injured
Posted on June 26, 2009Tuesday night in Thurston County, a 5-year-old boy was badly hurt in a hit-and-run accident. The boy sustained serious facial injuries and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. According to troopers, the boy was in a car that rolled across Yelm Highway...
Kirk Bernard Launches New Auto Product Liability Website
Posted on June 19, 2009Kirk Bernard of the Bernard Law Group is pleased to announce the launch of a new website focusing on the legal arena of auto product liability law. The website, http://www.washingtonautoproductliabilityattorneys.com focuses on detailing the latest in auto product recall news, offering consumers information and advice on automobiles and automotive parts that have been deemed dangerous...
Tests Show Higher Risk for Small Cars in Crashes
Posted on June 15, 2009The 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 into a Toyota Camry each at 40 miles per hour...
Washington Car Crash Kills Couple from Vancouver and Critically injures Son
Posted on June 09, 2009A five-year-old Vancouver boy and his parents were in a serious car accident in Washington on Sunday near Chelan. The boy is in critical condition in a Seattle hospital and the crash claimed the life of his parents. At Bernard Law Group, we handle Seattle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Bus Safety Review after Fatal Bus Accident Ordered by Transportation Boss
Posted on June 08, 2009The 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 a small town located in Monterey County...
Multiple Seattle Car Crashes on I-5 Results in Injuries
Posted on June 02, 2009Tuesday morning during rush hour, a multiple vehicle crash occurred on southbound Interstate 5 at Northgate. Apparently, this crash led to a second, more serious crash in the northbound lanes when a motorcyclist struck an ambulance. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Washington School Bus Accident at Railroad Crossing
Posted on May 29, 2009The website wsp.wa.gov reported in a story on April 28, 2009 that a Battle Ground School Bus was rear ended on SR-503, just north of N.E. 149th Street while stopped at a railroad crossing. According to the Washington State Police, the driver of the bus, Nina Millard, 39 of Battle Ground, had stopped at the railroad crossing to clear it when a 2008 VW Jetta, driven by Jace Delgado, 22, also from Battle Ground, struck her from behind blocking both northbound lanes...
Washington Car Hit by Truck?s Fallen Load
Posted on May 28, 2009The website komonews.com reported in a story on April 20, 2009 that Chrissy Gombos of Kirkland called the authorities to report a near death experience in Skagit County, Washington. Gombos claims that a piece of debris came off the back of a truck on Interstate 5 which thankfully struck her cars? under carriage and not the windshield...
Everett Teen Killed on I-5: Family Warns Others
Posted on May 27, 2009The website king5.com reported in an article on April 14, 2009 that the family of fifteen year old Haley Salvador wants to alert people, especially teens, not to cross Interstate 5. According to reports, Salvador had taken the shortcut countless times but the last time would prove to be a deadly one...
Seattle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled by Family of Cyclist
Posted on May 26, 2009The 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 an unrevealed sum of money from Nelson & Sons Construction of Woodinville...
Washington I-5 Rollover Injures Two
Posted on May 20, 2009Just after 4 p.m. Monday, an SUV rolled after hitting the cement median barrier on I-5. The accident happened in the northbound lane in Chehalis. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Crash on Highway 167 Leaves One Woman Killed, 2 People Injured
Posted on May 18, 2009Last Thursday, in an accident on River Road in Puyallup, one woman died, and a girl and a man were injured. The accident involved four cars and one of the vehicles was actually torn in two. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Washington SUV Auto Accident Kills Boy
Posted on May 13, 2009Monday afternoon, just east of Gold Bar, a 5-year-old boy died in a vehicle crash. 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 available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...
Jury awards $5.5 Million in Drunk Driving Accident
Posted on May 04, 2009A drunk driver seriously injured another motorist in a 2007 head ?on collision, and a Skagit County jury has concluded the Washington State Patrol and Whatcom County must pay $5.5 million for not doing enough to stop the drunk driver. According to the attorney in the case, the verdict, on April 28, is the largest ever in Skagit County...
Liver Damage and Death Lead to Hydroxycut Recall
Posted on May 02, 2009Weight Loss Supplement Hydroxycut Recalled Due to Liver Damage, Injuries and Death Hydroxycut, the number one weight loss supplement in the world, was recalled on May 1st by the FDA. The FDA reports that there are at least 23 reports of serious liver injuries and death (http://www...
Yakima Auto Injury Crash
Posted on April 29, 2009A Yakima man was involved in a weekend crash that seriously injured a 25-year-old woman. He made his first court appearance Monday in connection the vehicle crash. The 68-year-old man is being held at the Yakima County jail on $25,000 bail on a requested charge of vehicular assault...
Seattle Light Rail Accidents Result in Injuries
Posted on April 28, 2009Friday afternoon in South Seattle, a woman sustained facial injuries when she ran into the side of a light rail train in testing service on tracks along Martin Luther King Jr. Way South at South Othello Street. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Spokane School Custodian Sues Over Suicide Clean-Up
Posted on April 27, 2009A lawsuit has been reinstated by the state appeals court, according to a seattletimes.com article. The lawsuit involves school custodian at Nine Mile Falls who was forced to clean up the bloody scene of a student suicide. The school district is being sued by the janitor for unspecified damages for post traumatic stress disorder...
Tacoma Auto Accident & Wrongful Death Attorneys
Posted on April 24, 2009Tacoma is Washington state's third-largest city, with approximately 202,700 residents. Known as the city of destiny, it was designated as the Northern Pacific Railroad's western terminus in 1873. Tacoma is the second largest city in the Puget Sound region and the third largest in the state...
Washington Car Crash Kills Teen, Brother Injured
Posted on April 17, 2009Tuesday morning, south of Allyn, a 14-year-old boy was killed and his 16-year-old brother was seriously injured in a tragic car crash in Washington. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Texting Driver Crashes into Idaho Police Officer
Posted on April 14, 2009Seattle'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 results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Seattle Pedestrian Accident Death Results in Vehicular Homicide Charges
Posted on April 09, 2009Prosecutors have filed vehicular homicide charges against the driver more than a year after a 73-year-old pedestrian was run down on a Seattle street. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Spanaway Man Killed in Fiery Car Accident
Posted on April 08, 2009According to a report from SeattlePI.com, a Spanaway man, 26 year old Ryan D. Allen, died this weekend after crashing his speeding truck on State Route 512 in Puyallup. Witnesses reported that he might have been traveling up to 100 miles per hour when he ran his truck off the road...
Washington Car Accident Caused by Blackberry Phone Use
Posted on April 07, 2009According to a report from the Seattle Times, Brian J. Wilson, Police Chief of Federal Way, was in a minor car accident in his unmarked police car because he was checking his BlackBerry device at the time. The car accident in Washington happened at the intersection of South 324th Street and Pacific Highway South in Federal Way on March 18...
Everett Sheriff's Deputy Crashes Car Into Apartment
Posted on April 06, 2009A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy swerved and ran his cruiser through a fence and into an apartment building, in an effort to avoid an accident. According to a report from the Everett HeraldNet.com, the accident occurred on 112th Street SW between 2nd Place W and 3rd Avenue, W in Everett...
Kent Head-On Car Crash Kills Three People
Posted on April 03, 2009Early Sunday near Kent, three people were killed in a Washington car accident after the driver of a Mazda Protege entered northbound state Route 167 in the wrong direction, according to a report. She then crossed three lanes of traffic, and according to Washington State Patrol, hit another car head-on...
Pedestrian Accident Kills Girl After She Is Hit By Two Cars
Posted on April 02, 2009A report from seattletimes.com stated on February 26, 2009 that Sherry Varo, 17, had been killed after being hit by two vehicles in this fatal pedestrian accident. Kerry Varo, 15, was also riding his bike that night when he witnessed the accident. He saw the pedestrian get hit by the first car and thrown into the next lane...
Seattle Car Accident Kills Cab Driver
Posted on April 01, 2009A report from seattletimes.com stated on February 13, 2009 that Getnet Endeshaw?s, 28, was struck by several cars and killed. According to police reports Endeshaw?s cab spun out of control on the icy roads and ended up facing south in the northbound lanes...
Microsoft?s Redmond Campus Construction Accident Kills Worker
Posted on March 31, 2009The seattletimes.com website reported in an article on February 19, 2009 that an ironworker was crushed to death at a construction site on the Microsoft Redmond campus at 4480 154th Place Northeast, off 156th Avenue Northeast. According to witness reports, the ironworker was attempting to set a rebar formation that had just been cut from a crane into cement when it fell onto him...
Seattle Bike Accident Kills U. Washington Researcher
Posted on March 30, 2009The seattletimes.com website reported in an account on February 6, 2009 that Kevin Black, 39, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike and died from his injuries. Black was a University of Washington molecular neurobiologist. Black?s research looked at molecules that create electrical signals in the brain...
Seattle Boat Explosion Injures Two
Posted on March 27, 2009The seattletimes.com reported in a story on February 28, 2009 that a pleasure boat exploded just west of Lake Union injuring one person and damaging another boat that was in close proximity. The joy boat was tied to a fuel dock when the Seattle boat explosion happened...
Washington Motorcycle Accidents Increase, Alarming State
Posted on March 26, 2009The seattletimes.com website reported in an account on February 23, 2009 that the fifth casualty resulting from a motorcycle accident in Washington this year has occurred in what appears to be a growing trend. This is alarming state officials with the latest victim being a 46 year old Auburn man...
Everett Bus Accident Injures Pedestrian
Posted on March 25, 2009The seattletimes.com reported in an article on February 22, 2009 that an unidentified 44 year old pedestrian was hit by a Sound Transit bus. The pedestrian accident in Washington happened at the intersection of Pacific and Wetmore Avenue just before 5 p...
Algona Car Accident Seriously Injures Two People
Posted on March 24, 2009Valley 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...
Washington Auto Accidents May Involve More Uninsured Drivers As Recession Grows
Posted on March 23, 2009The 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 Washington with an uninsured driver...
Everett Pedestrian Accident Hospitalizes Man After Being Hit By Bus
Posted on March 20, 2009A 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
Posted on March 19, 2009A 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 State every day...
Washington Car Accident On Highway 99 Hospitalizes Four People
Posted on March 18, 2009Four 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...
Lakewood Auto Accident On Highway 512 Invovled Pierce Transit Van
Posted on March 17, 2009According to Seattletimes.com, a Pierce Transit shuttle van for the disabled was involved in a car accident on Highway 512 in Lakewood. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Washington Auto Accident Kills Redmond Woman On State Route 202
Posted on March 16, 2009A woman from Redmond died Saturday when a Honda Civic hydroplaned on state Route 202, entered oncoming traffic and hit a mini-van. Several other people were injured in the Washington car accident, the State Patrol reported. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Yakima County Two-vehicle Accident Hospitalizes Woman
Posted on March 13, 2009Following an accident Wednesday night at Branch Road and U.S. Highway 97, a report stated that a woman is in a Seattle hospital and a man is in the Yakima County jail for investigation of vehicular assault. According to a patrol accident memorandum issued late Wednesday, the Washington State Patrol said drugs or alcohol were a factor in the Washington auto accident...
Washington Bill Seeks A Ban On Novelty Lighters
Posted on March 12, 2009The seattletimes.com website reported in a story on January 20, 2009 that State Senator Claudia Kauffman was sponsoring the senate version of bill SB 5011 that would ban Novelty lighters to prevent personal injury in Seattle. Kauffman said, ?It?s really to stave off any potential dangers that are out there for youth in such a confusing manner...
Seattle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Blames University President
Posted on March 10, 2009The Seattle Times reported in an article on January 14, 2009 that the President of Seattle University, Rev. Stephen Sundborg, has been sued. The claim is that since he is president, Sundborg must have been aware of an abusive Jesuit priest. Nonetheless, the priest was allowed to continue with the ministry...
Puyallup Boy Dies At Monster Truck Show
Posted on February 26, 2009The 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 from a ?monster? truck to try to determine why ripped parts came off the vehicle...
Origin of SeaTac Apartment Fire Still Unknown
Posted on February 24, 2009Jennifer Sullivan, a Seattle Times writer, reported in an account on January 19, 2009 that the cause of the SeaTac apartment fire was still unknown to fire fighters. Two women who jumped from their balconies to avoid the fire sustained life-threatening injuries and were being treated at Harborview Medical Center...
Fort Lewis Soldier Dies After Car Accident
Posted on February 19, 2009The 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 was that the soldier died from his injuries sustained during a Washington car accident sometime before 6 am...
Clallam County Sheriff and Man Shot
Posted on February 17, 2009The Peninsula Daily News reported in a story on January 19, 2009 that a Clallam County sheriff?s deputy along with another male where shot in a residence between Sekiu and Neah Bay on the Olympia Peninsula. Sheriff Bill Benedict confirmed that deputy Bill Cortani, an 18 year veteran, had been shot while answering to a trespassing call...
Snohomish County Reaches $300,000 Settlement With Injured Bicyclist
Posted on February 11, 2009A report states that a $300,000 settlement was reached between Snohomish County and a bicyclist injured in a traffic accident that occurred three years ago. The Washington trucking accident involved a 31-year old man and a public-works employee who hit the bicyclist with his public utility truck...
Washington Bike Accident Victim Sues State
Posted on February 03, 2009Washington State is being sued by a man who was paralyzed in a bicycle crash on the Montlake Bridge. The man hopes to force the Transportation Department and the State Patrol to turn over records about similar accidents for a lawsuit in which he is seeking money for his injuries...
Beacon Hill car crash leaves man critically injured
Posted on January 29, 2009A man was critically injured on Beacon Hill early this morning after a Seattle rollover accident and he was thrown from the vehicle. According to Seattle police, the driver was heading south in the 4600 block of Beacon Avenue South at 1:13 a.m. when he veered into the northbound lane...
SUV crash in King County leaves Covington man dead
Posted on January 28, 2009According to the King County Sheriff?s office, a 48-year-old man from Covington was killed last week after his vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree. At Bernard Law Group, we handle Washington personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in every day...
Truck accident on I- 5 involving tanker truck leaves driver dead
Posted on January 27, 2009A 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 Salem when the truck went off the road, hit some ice, rolled and then caught fire...
Seattle car accident injures 3; driver arrested for vehicular assault
Posted on January 26, 2009According to the Seattle Times, three people were seriously injured in a Seattle car accident when a speeding BMW slammed into a Subaru that was stopped at a stoplight on Lake City Way Northeast at Northeast 95th Street. The driver and passengers in both cars were taken to area hospitals with life threatening injuries...
Sunnyside Car Wreck Leaves Two Teens Hospitalized
Posted on January 21, 2009A 14-year-old driver crashed his car in Sunnyside on Tuesday morning, according to State Troopers. Both he and his 16-year-old passenger were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of car crashes in Washington State every day...
Three-Car Car Accident in Kent
Posted on January 14, 2009A three-vehicle car crash in Kent on Monday night on Pacific Highway left a 29-year-old Kent man injured. One man involved was chased on foot and subsequently arrested. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of car accidents in Washington State every day...
Speed Traps Catch 471 Pierce County Motorists
Posted on January 12, 2009Tacoma Pierce County DUI Task Force is trying to make the roads safer for drivers. On January 3rd, they conducted an X-52 speeding patrol 3 focused on enforcing the speed limit on State Routes 512 and 7 and on Meridian and 176th Streets where there are a significant number of speed-related crashes...
Man hit by car while removing tire chains on I-5
Posted on December 26, 2008A 53-year-old man stopped to take his tire chains off in a traffic lane on I-5 near Kent and was struck by a car. He was then taken to Harborview Medical Center following the Kent pedestrian accident, according to the State Patrol. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Seattle Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver and Washington State Trooper
Posted on December 16, 2008Drunk driver hits trooper, cadet on I-5 A drunk driver crashed into the patrol car of a state trooper and cadet, who were both injured in the collision. The crash happened Sunday, along Interstate 5, just south of downtown Seattle, the Washington State Patrol reported...
Snohomish Pedestrain Accident Sends Man to Harborview
Posted on December 15, 2008Snohomish man transported to Harborview after being hit by car A Snohomish man suffered life-threatening injuries on Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of pedestrian accidents in Washington State every day...
Renton Car Crash Leaves Bicyclist Dead
Posted on December 12, 2008A bicyclist was hit by a driver this morning in the Skyway neighborhood. According to King County sheriff's Deputies, the cyclist was killed. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto or bicycle accidents in Washington State every day...
Two Injured in Washington Car Accident
Posted on December 10, 2008Two injured in head on crash Washington State Patrol reported that Monday night, two people were seriously injured in a head-on crash on River Road. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Hit-and-Run Car Accident in Toppenish Kills One, Two Flee
Posted on December 01, 2008Police 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 every day...
Federal Way Rollover Accident and Passenger Ejection Injures Infant
Posted on November 26, 2008Baby critically injured when ejected from car in auto accident in Federal Way Early Monday morning in Federal Way, an 11-month-old boy was critically injured when he was ejected from a car during a crash. According to police, the crash occurred just before 12:20 a...
Car and Truck Accidents Injure Two People on Highway 530
Posted on November 19, 2008The Washington State Patrol reported that two people were injured Tuesday evening after two cars collided along Highway 530 near the rodeo grounds. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of car accidents in Washington State every day...
Three-Vehicle Truck Accident in Kent Washington
Posted on November 12, 2008According to authorities, a traffic light that wasn't working led to a car crash in Kent that pinned two small cars under a 1-ton pickup truck. The crash occurred at about 4:45 p.m. Monday at South 212 Street and 84th Avenue South. Kent police and firefighters responded...
City Truck Accident on I-5 Causes Severe Traffic Jam
Posted on November 10, 2008A multi-vehicle crash caused a mess Friday on I-5 near Mill Creek. Included in the accident was a rolled-over Seattle Public Works dump truck. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of Washington auto accidents every day...
Highlands Drive Head-on Auto Accident Sends Two to Hospital
Posted on November 03, 2008A head-on car crash in Washington Friday, involving two cars, shut down Highlands Drive on Friday. Drivers of both cars were transported by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A 21-year-old woman, the driver of one of the cars, was in critical condition...
Snohomish Motorcycle Crash Injures Man Critically
Posted on October 28, 2008A man is in critical condition at a Seattle hospital following a motorcycle accident in Snohomish, Sunday night.. Snohomish Police Chief John Turner said that the man, who is in his mid 20s, was driving around 7:30 p.m. on Bickford Avenue north of Weaver Road when for some reason the motorcycle left the road...
Seattle Pedestrian Accident Leaves 1 in Critical Condition
Posted on October 27, 2008Late Friday, a motorist struck a man crossing the street near Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The pedestrian was left with life-threatening injuries. At around 11:40 pm, the Seattle auto accident happened on Broadway Avenue near East Pike Street...
Lynnwood Woman Killed in Fatal DUI Crash
Posted on October 21, 2008Oregon State Police reported that a woman from Lynnwood, along with three Oregon men were killed in a fatal DUI accident on Sunday when their car was slammed into from behind by a pickup on Interstate 84 near Pendleton, Or. Police say that a 46-year-old Carlton, Oregon man who was driving the pickup was booked into the Umatilla County Jail on investigation of manslaughter and drunk driving...
Driver on Cell Phone Triggers Morning Crash
Posted on October 20, 2008A head-on collision on I-5 Wednesday that snarled the morning commute is being blamed on a man trying to talk on his cell phone. Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that just before 8 a.m. the crash happened when a 29 year old Lynnwood man was headed north on I-5 just north of the King County line...
Tacoma Hit and Run Kills Local Man
Posted on October 09, 2008Early Sunday morning, a man was killed in a hit and run in Tacoma along Pacific Avenue. Police are still searching for the vehicle that hit him. The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Ronald McKellar, 53, of Tacoma. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Thurston County Motorcycle Accident Leaves Man Injured
Posted on October 01, 2008In Thurston County Saturday, a 71-year-old man was hurt when his motorcycle struck a truck that had turned in front of him. Washington State Patrol troopers said that a 45-year-old man from Olympia was driving a pickup truck north on Littlerock Road around 4 p...
Snohomish County Truck and Car Accident Injures One and Blocks Highway 9
Posted on September 29, 2008Highway 9 in Maltby was blocked for about an hour Thursday afternoon by a three-vehicle pileup. Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that one person was hurt and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to Leary, a semi-truck that was heading north hit a passenger car that was pulling out of a residential area near 203rd Street SE, at about 2pm...
Fatal Bicycle Accident in Sumner Involving Dump Truck
Posted on September 26, 2008Valley Regional Fire Authority reported today that a 22-year-old man was killed this morning in a fatal pedestrian accident with a dump truck in Sumner after he fell from his bicycle. The bicyclist died at the scene from his injuries. Shortly before 7:30 am, the man and a friend were riding bicycles westbound in the 14200 block of Eighth Street East...
Fatal SUV Rollover Accident in Everett
Posted on September 25, 2008On I-5 early this morning, a man died after an SUV rollover crash in Everett. Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that around 2:30 a.m., the man?s SUV clipped a FedEx owned semi-truck while changing lanes headed south bound near the Silver Lake rest area...
Construction Worker Injured on the Job
Posted on September 18, 2008While working in a trench Tuesday afternoon, a construction worker was hit in the back of the head with a cable in a construction accident in Lake Stevens. Though his injuries were not considered life threatening, crews rescued the man from the trench and took him to the hospital...
California Metrolink Train Accident Caused By Engineer's Error
Posted on September 15, 2008The county?s deadliest rail disaster in 15 years was caused by a commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal. The California train accident killed 25 people and it took nearly a day to find all the bodies. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits every day...
Two-car accident in Marysville injures two drivers
Posted on September 14, 2008Late Friday, a driver was airlifted to Harborview Hospital after a two-car accident on 108th Street NE near Highway 9 in Marysville. The driver of the second car suffered injuries as well and was taken to a local hospital. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...
Camano Island Thee-Car Accident Injures Two
Posted on September 11, 2008As a result of a three-car crash on Camano Island Wednesday morning, two people were hospitalized. According to a Washington State Patrol press release, the accident occurred about 11 a.m. at E. Short Road and SE Camano Drive. The Washington State Patrol press release stated that one of the vehicles, a minivan, stopped when a vehicle in front of it was making a U-turn...
Hit-and-Run in Puyallup Leaves Bicyclist Dead
Posted on September 09, 2008Monday evening in Puyallup, an unidentified driver of a Cadillac hit and killed a 50 year old man who was riding his bike. Police are asking for help identifying the driver. The victim of the fatal Puyallup bicycle accident has yet to be identified as well...
Lewis County Car Crash Leaves 2 Dead
Posted on September 02, 2008One man was seriously injured, and two other men were killed in a Morton auto accident on Highway 12. According to the State Patrol, a collision Saturday between a VW Cabriolet and a 26-foot motor home killed the 18 year old driver of the car, who was from Poulsbo, and a passenger, who was from SeaTac...
South Seattle Hit and Run Suspect Sought by Police
Posted on August 15, 2008A car involved in a pedestrian hit and run in Seattle is being sought by Seattle police. The car struck a 6 year old girl at the intersection of South Henderson Street and Seward Park Ave South, on Thursday afternoon. According to witnesses, the vehicle was driving south on Seward Park Avenue South when it "veered" into the oncoming lanes and hit a girl walking in a crosswalk...
Monroe Man Dead in Collision on U.S. 2
Posted on August 11, 2008A fatal SUV accident on U.S. 2 claimed the life of a Monroe man Friday night at E. Fern Bluff Road. This is a dangerous road that residents have asked the state to improve. Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said the 32 year old man was driving westbound on the highway when his car crossed the centerline and crashed into an SUV and then into a pickup in the highway's eastbound lane...
Fatal Tacoma School Shooting Brings Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on August 07, 2008The 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 known that the teen accused of the shooting in January of last year was dangerous...
Wrong-Way I-5 Driver Triggers 5-Car Wreck in Lynnwood
Posted on July 31, 2008A woman, apparently drunk, was driving the wrong way in her SUV on I-5 and caused a five-car collision in the southbound lanes of I-5 near Lynnwood. The Lynnwood SUV accident happened late Friday night, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, a 44-year-old woman from Monroe, was the only one injured in the crash, said trooper Keith...
Teen Left Dead After Motorcycle Accident
Posted on July 28, 2008A Snohomish man, 19, died in a Silvana motorcycle crash on a dirt-bike track. According to Rebecca Hover, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff?s Office, the accident occurred on the track in the 22000 block of Sather Road in the Silvana area on Tuesday...
Collision with pickup leaves motorcyclist dead
Posted on July 24, 2008In less than a month, 3 motorcyclists were killed in traffic accidents on Snohomish County highways. The third accident happened Tuesday. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of motorcycle accidents in Washington State every day...
Train in Centralia Strikes and Kills Teen
Posted on July 21, 2008An Amtrak train killed a teen in Centralia on Saturday afternoon, police said. The 15-year-old boy was on his bike when he was hit. According to police, a friend of the boy was following close behind, but was uninjured. The train/bike collision happened in the 600 block of South Tower Avenue...
Six People Injured in Log Truck Accident
Posted on July 14, 2008On Friday, a log truck broke apart and spilled its load east of Marysville. Six people were taken to the hospital. Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that the Marysville truck accident occurred around 2 p.m. on Getchell Road near the intersection with 99th Avenue NE...
Mount Vernon Motorcycle Accident Leaves Arlington Woman Dead
Posted on July 07, 2008A 37 year old Arlington woman died on Saturday morning, after her motorcycle collided with a van near Mount Vernon on Highway 536. The woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the accident and later died. This is according to a State Patrol memo...
$100 Million Awarded to Troy, Michigan Family in Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on July 01, 2008A 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...
PUD Line Truck Accident Injures Woman
Posted on June 27, 2008A three vehicle crash near Snohomish Tuesday morning occurred. Following the crash involving a PUD line truck, a woman was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after the accident. Snohomish County Fire District 4 Battalion Chief John Hinchcliff said that the accident occurred at approximately 7:30 a...
Woman Arrested After Man Dies in Crash
Posted on June 20, 2008The life of a man was claimed in a head-on crash on Highway 12 about five miles south of Porter, Washington, and a woman has been arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide related to the case. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of car accidents in Washington State every day...
Increase in lawsuits regarding Plastic Bottles
Posted on June 17, 2008There has been an increase of legislation and lawsuits involving plastic water bottles across the country. In the suits, the plaintiffs claim that toxic chemical in plastic bottles could make people sick. The chemical in question is known as bisphenol A (BPA), and it is found in polycarbonate bottles, CDs, DVDs and dental sealants...
Fire victims billed $420,000 by Farmer?s Insurance
Posted on June 11, 2008A local family was robbed of nearly everything by a fire, and then a big insurance company tried to take the rest plus even more, sending the family a $420,000 bill. Chris Christoffersen and her daughter Melissa woke up to devastation last October. Their apartment complex was engulfed in flames...
DSHS and day-care centers reach deal over suits
Posted on June 09, 2008Two long running civil rights lawsuits have reached a tentative settlement. The suits were brought by Latino-owned day-care centers in Mattawa, in Eastern Washington, against the state Department of Social and Health Services over unauthorized searches and seizures of property...
Lacey car crash leaves teen girl dead
Posted on June 05, 2008An 18-year-old girl who was slated to graduate from high school in one week, died in a Lacey car crash over the weekend. According to police, she was driving drunk. Mason County Sheriff's Deputies say they think the teen was speeding and had been drinking early Saturday morning when she lost control of her Suzuki Sidekick and crashed into a tree...
I-5 Traffic Snarl in Everett Due to Crash
Posted on June 02, 2008A dramatic two-car accident on I-5 just north of the Highway 526 interchange in Everett on Thursday afternoon left two people with minor injuries. According to the Washington State Patrol, two trucks went off the freeway, took out 15 sections of concrete barrier and went down a 70-foot embankment...
Auto collision in Tukwila leaves one dead
Posted on May 28, 2008Tukwila police reported that a 46-year-old man from Connecticut died Saturday morning after his sedan veered across traffic and was struck by an SUV. The auto accident happened around 10:50 a.m. in the 13500 block of Tukwila International Boulevard...
Teenage girl struck and killed by pickup in Lynnwood
Posted on May 26, 2008Two teenage girls were hit by a pickup truck Friday night in Lynnwood, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. One girl died as a result of the accident. Sheriff's Capt. Kevin Prentiss said that a white Ford Ranger was heading east about 11:10 p...
Car hits pedestrian in Lynnwood
Posted on May 22, 2008A woman who was struck by a car near the intersection of 188th Street SW and Highway 99 in Lynnwood was rushed to a Seattle hospital after the pedestrian accident, officials said. The crash occurred just before 10 a.m. According to Marybeth O?Leary, a Lynnwood fire spokeswoman, officials have not yet determined how the woman, who is described in her 30s, ended up in the road and was ultimately hit...
Road closed after crash Tuesday morning
Posted on May 20, 2008An automobile driver was arrested by Seattle police after driving into a construction site early Tuesday. Just before 12:45a.m., the automobile crash occured in the 10100 block of Holman Road Northwest, Seattle police reported. According to witnesses, the driver was speeding when he hit a truck and then a light tower used by crews working at the site...
Plane crashes into Lake Chelan; 2 dead
Posted on May 18, 2008Two people died on Saturday when their float plane crashed into Lake Chelan near the remote resort community of Stehekin in the North Cascades. The plane was carrying 5 people total. A charter flight from Chelan Airways, the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver had taken off from the town of Chelan about 4:30 p...
Car in water, passenger dead, after Tacoma chase
Posted on May 13, 2008A man from Tacoma has been accused of driving a stolen car into the water at a marina, leaving his passenger dead following the Washington auto accident.. On Saturday, just before 10 p.m. a Tacoma police officer determined a car had been stolen by running the license plate, said Officer Mark Fulghum...
Pickup driver killed in collision with bus
Posted on May 09, 2008A fatal bus crash in which a pickup collided with a school bus in Spanaway is being investigated by Pierce County sheriff's deputies. According to investigators, the truck apparently slammed head-on into the bus at 224th Street East and 50th Avenue East, said sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer...
Skateboarder?s death results in two-year sentence for driver responsible
Posted on May 08, 2008A man from Everett was sentenced to two years in prison for striking and killing a 12 year old skateboarder. On the night of August 21st, 2006, Justin Freeman was skateboarding with friends in Everett. Kasey Cline, 28, was driving a pickup when he struck and killed Freeman...
Driver left dead in 2 car auto crash
Posted on May 05, 2008Two women were injured, and one man died on Sunday in a Seattle Auto Accident when a sports car hit a sedan in the 2500 block of Westlake Avenue North in Seattle. Mark Jamieson, Seattle police spokesman, said that police were called to the area right before 5pm...
Renton couple killed in auto crash
Posted on May 02, 2008A one-car crash left a young couple in Renton dead Tuesday night, and police said speed is likely to blame. A 22-year-old man and his 21-year-old girlfriend, both from Renton, were driving on the 11200 block of Southeast 162nd Street shortly after 10 p...
Eastside crash causes death of Kirkland man
Posted on May 01, 2008A crash killed a 30-year-old Kirkland man early this morning who lost control of his car on Avondale Road Northeast, and struck several trees and landed on the side of the road. Police said that speed, and alcohol, were definitely to blame for the seattle automobile accidents...
Two students from PLU die in car accident
Posted on April 28, 2008Two Pacific Lutheran University students died in a fiery car crash near Brewster, in Eastern Washington, Friday night. The two were also close friends. The driver, from Tonasket, Washington, swerved and hit another car head. His twin brother, who is a student at the University of Puget Sound, was critically injured in the accident...
Three car pileup near Mill Creek leaves 5 injured
Posted on April 25, 2008An automobile accident that blocked 132nd street near Mill creek left a seriously injured teen trapped in the wreckage of a car for nearly an hour Tuesday. The cause of the three-car crash is still being determined, Mill Creek police spokeswoman Robin Swanson said...
Big rig crash leaves Everett man dead
Posted on April 22, 2008An Everett man died when two big trucks smashed into each other on Highway 526 early Friday morning. Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said that the crash happened about 4:15am. A tractor-trailer heading east was pulling through the intersection at Everett Mall Way onto Highway 527 when it apparently was hit broadside by a northbound rig...
$850,000 paid by state in fatal crash
Posted on April 21, 2008According to Seattletimes.com, the State of Washington has agreed to pay $850,000 to the estate of a woman who died four years ago in a fatal traffic collision with a man who was on Department of Corrections (DOC) community supervision. Seattle police say that Gloria Daquep, 55, was killed April 24th, 2004, when Charles W...
Lakewood crash leaves two dead
Posted on April 21, 2008A man and a woman from Lakewood were killed and three others injured when a Ferrari hit a shuttle bus in an auto accident in Lakewood. The two people in the Ferrari were killed in the crash. Lt. Dave Guttu, of the Lakewood police, said the driver and passenger in the Ferrari died at the scene of the automobile accident on Sunday afternoon...
Highway 202 crash in Redmond leaves one dead
Posted on April 14, 2008A two-car collision killed a man and injured another Monday afternoon in Redmond. Rain and wet conditions likely contributed to this Washignton state highway accident. The driver of a Honda was driving west on Highway 202 at Sahalee Way Northeast. According to Keith Trowbridge, State Patrol spokesman, he then drove into standing water and lost control of his car...
Cyclist hit by truck miraculously survives
Posted on April 11, 2008A 60-year-old man was cycling around Bainbridge Island, riding down Highway 305, when he merged into the left turn-lane. He remembers a vehicle coming up quickly to the left, behind him. "As a biker knows, when you see something like that it's a really bad thing...
Two injured in Lakewood crash
Posted on April 04, 2008A head-on automobile crash in Lakewood late Friday morning left at least two people seriously injured. According to Lakewood police, the cars collided just after 11 a.m. on Bridgeport Way SW near Seattle Avenue. Two people who were trapped inside the cars need to be extricated when medics arrived...
Apparent hit-and-run death investigated in Tulalip
Posted on April 03, 2008A Marysville woman was hit and killed early Wednesday morning by an apparent hit-and-run driver. There was no information for Snohomish County sheriff?s detectives about the vehicle involved in the death. They spent several hours at the scene after the pedestrian accident, collecting evidence and taking measurements along the road...
Woman injured in Stanwood wreck
Posted on April 01, 2008An 18-year-old woman sustained critical injuries in a car accident in downtown Stanwood on Thursday. She was taken to Skagit Valley Hospital. According to Herald.net, the two-car accident happened near the intersection of 88th Avenue NW and 271st Street NW about 3:30 p...
Driver charged with leaving scene of fatal crash
Posted on April 01, 2008An Auburn man, 22, was arrested today after he allegedly fled the scene of a four-vehicle collision. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the collision, and at least five other people were injured in the auto accident. The man was driving on A Street Southeast in Auburn when he was involved in a verbal exchange with the male passenger in another car in the next lane...
Tacoma man dies after being hit by 2 separate vehicles
Posted on March 25, 2008Two separate vehicles hit and killed a 48-year-old man early Sunday morning in a Tacoma intersection. Both vehicles fled the scene after the auto accident and police are looking for the drivers. Residents near the intersection of 38th and Fawcett say they've seen many bad accidents here...
$1.25M Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on March 24, 2008A 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...
Metro bus crash sends 12 to hospitals
Posted on March 21, 2008Approximately a dozen bus riders were taken to area hospitals after a Metro bus accident on Pacific Highway South on Wednesday. Afternoon traffic was snarled near the Kent-Des Moines interchange. There did not appear to be any critical injuries suffered in the Seattle Auto Accident that occurred shortly before 2 p...
Train ? semi truck collision in Marysville
Posted on March 19, 2008A train and semi-truck collided in Marysville early Monday. Minor injuries occurred when the train derailed. At approximately 6 a.m., the Seattle truck accident occurred around 130th and State streets. The driver of the semi-truck suffered some minor injuries, said Marysville Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Goodale...
Extra patrols in King County to target drunken drivers
Posted on March 17, 2008The streets of King County will see some extra patrol cars in search of drunken drivers this weekend. X-52, which is the nickname of the State Patrol-sponsored program, is part of a statewide effort to catch and stop people from drinking and driving...
Woman fired for her military service files lawsuit
Posted on March 14, 2008A Kirkland woman, Kelly Hansen, claims she lost her job as chaplain at Children?s Hospital in Seattle because of her years of service as a National Guard chaplain. She was required to drill for a weekend and take time off work. "The first day she came back to work after her drill weekend she was called into her supervisor's office and terminated," said James Beck, her lawyer...
Man with destroyed heart gets record $40 million awarded by jury
Posted on March 12, 2008$40.1 million was awarded by a Snohomish County Superior Court jury to a man whose heart was ruined by a malfunctioning machine during an operation at an Everett hospital. Lawyers stated that the jury award is the largest in county history and thought to be one of the state's largest personal injury verdicts...
Light sentence received in crosswalk death accident sends questionable message
Posted on March 10, 2008According to Komotv.com, many Seattleites were outraged when a municipal court judge ordered fines, no driving, and community service for a driver found guilty of hitting and killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Ephraim Schwartz will have his conviction erased from his record in two years, if he avoids driving and completes the community service...
Justice sought by mother in daughter's murder
Posted on March 04, 2008A man who was just released from a Massachusetts prison killed Beverly and Brian Mauck. Daniel Tavares had been let out after serving time for killing his mother. Now Beverly?s mother says she owes it to her murdered daughter and son-in-law to change the state law...
Marysville man killed by vehicle while crossing street
Posted on March 03, 2008The death of an elderly Marysville man who was hit by a car while crossing the street on Saturday morning is being investigated by police. According to Marysville police Lt. Jeff Goldman, the Washington auto accident occurred around 5:20 a.m. in the 9600 block of State Avenue, in Marysville...
5 injured in crash on I-5 in Lynnwood
Posted on February 28, 2008A rollover crash on I-5 Tuesday left five young people injured. They were apparently fleeing a hit-and-run accident, said Washington State Patrol trooper Kirk Rudeen. According to troopers, the 17-year-old driver hit an occupied pickup truck in Lynn¬wood and was speeding away northbound in the carpool lane on I-5 e when his SUV rolled near I-40...
10-year old boy hurt in crash on U.S. Highway 2
Posted on February 27, 2008A collision on U.S. Highway 2 about seven miles west of Stevens Pass left a 10-year-old Marysville boy seriously injured. The Washington Auto accident occurred on Saturday morning. After the accident, the boy was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center...
Man hit by bus in Lynnwood
Posted on February 26, 2008A Community Transit bus hit and seriously injured a man in Lynnwood, officials said. The Seattle Auto Accident occurred late Wednesday. The as yet unidentified man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said...
Lawsuit by family of man who died in Tacoma gas explosion
Posted on February 25, 2008The family of Charles McDonald, a truck driver who died when a propane hose leaked and caught fire while he pumped propane from his truck into Atlas Foundry Limited Partnerships tanks, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in superior court Tuesday. They allege that Atlas Foundry employees didn't use proper clamps when they helped McDonald reattach a disconnected hose before he began pumping the propane...
Sexual attack inside Children's Hospital alleged in lawsuit
Posted on February 20, 2008A teenaged patient at Children?s Hospital in Seattle says she was sexually assaulted by another patient. According to the lawsuit, the alleged sexual assault happened while both the victim and her attacker were patients in the psych ward. In August, 2006, a teenage girl was admitted as a patient to the psychiatric unit at Children's Hospital, suffering from depression...
MySpace page of car crash victim subpoenaed in lawsuit
Posted on February 19, 2008Marissa Schneider was terribly injured in the Seattle car crash that wasn?t her fault. Her family sued both the driver and Chrysler, the makers of her car, with allegations that her injuries were, in part, to a design flaw in her Dodge Spirit. But now the lawyers for the Chrysler Company have issued a subpoena for a court order to get inside her MySpace page and see her personal blogs, and her family wants to know why...
Former court worker paid by Snohomish County to settle lawsuit
Posted on February 14, 2008$85,000 has been paid by Snohomish County to a former court worker after she agreed not to file a civil lawsuit alleging that her demotion was retaliation for cooperation with a 2005 state investigation of a judge. Sherree Marler, who had worked for that court for 26 years, filed a claim against the county, saying that her employment was "terminated" without notice in retaliation for her testimony before the state Judicial Conduct Commission...
Yellow license plate would be required for DUI drivers, under proposed WA bill
Posted on February 12, 2008Drunk drivers in Washington State may soon have their own fluorescent yellow license plate. Republican state senator Mike Carrell is sponsoring a bill that would require a person convicted of DUI to drive a vehicle with front and rear fluorescent yellow license plates...
Serious crash on I-5 Southbound in south Everett
Posted on February 11, 2008Southbound traffic on I-5 in south Everett was blocked Friday morning by a serious Washington Bus Collision which left a man critically injured a man, said officials. The crash happened at about 6:30am, near the Silver Lake rest area. A 30-year-old Everett man swerved his car into the carpool lane and was hit by a King County Metro Transit bus, said Kirk Rudeen, a Washington State Patrol spokesman...
Elderly pedestrian hit and killed by car
Posted on February 07, 2008A 94-year-old Shoreline woman died Wednesday when she was hit by a car while crossing a street in an intersection in North Seattle/Shoreline, according to the State Patrol. State Patrol reported that the woman, Ruby Blood, died in the Seattle pedestrian accident when a car making a left turn from Northeast 145th Street onto 15th Avenue Northeast hit her at about 11:15 a...
Woman killed in auto accident Eastside
Posted on February 05, 2008According to the Washington State Patrol, the driver of an SUV, traveling on Washington State Route 202 between Redmond and Fall City, died last week after her vehicle left the road and rolled into a ditch filled with water. Troopers believe the Washington auto accident occurred around 12:10 p...
Smoker?s award upheld by court
Posted on February 04, 2008For the third time, the Oregon Supreme Court has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris. This award was twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive. Jesse Williams was a longtime Malboro smoker...
Two bills related to drunken driving set to be presented today
Posted on January 31, 2008All first-time drunken-driving offenders must install an alcohol-detecting interlock device in their cars in order to can get their licenses back, under Washington State Auto law. But, State Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, wants to change that laws, because offenders often drive illegally for months or even a year or more without a valid license or the device, and that goes into effect only when drunken-driving offenders reapply for licenses...
Hit and run leaves Kingston man dead.
Posted on January 28, 2008A man was found dead near the Kingston ferry landing on a dark rural road. Though no vehicle was in sight, he was surrounded by broken glass. The man is believed to be 85 years old and a resident of the area. He was apparently out for a walk when the pedestrian accident happened, at approximately 6pm...
Head-on crash on Kent-area highway results in death
Posted on January 27, 2008According to the Washington State patrol, a head-on auto accident collision this morning on Benson Highway near Kent resulted in the death of a Seattle man. Trooper Jeff Merrill reported that the Washington auto accident happened in the 23400 block of State Route 515 in South King County...
Collision between street racer and truck on Highway 167
Posted on January 24, 2008On Monday night, a 22-year-old Kent man was taken to the hospital after crashing into a truck while street racing at extremely high speeds along Washington Highway 167. According to the state patrol, the injuries suffered in the Washington Auto Accident were life threatening...
Storm Drains Pose Danger to Cyclists
Posted on January 17, 2008A cyclist who was injured in a Seattle bicycling accident near the Washington Park Arboretum claims he knows what caused the 2004 crash: his bike tire got stuck in a drainage grate with slots parallel to the roadway. According to an estimate by Seattle Public Utilities officials, there are between 70,000 and 80,000 grates throughout the city...
Passing train hits Stanwood man
Posted on January 08, 2008On Monday, a man who was crossing railroad tracks near downtown Stanwood was hit by a fast-moving train. Just before 9:30a.m., an Amtrak train struck the man. He suffered life-threatening injuries in the Seattle Pedestrian Accident and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle by helicopter...
Driver arrested in fatal wrong way car accident
Posted on January 08, 2008A man from Federal Way was arrested early Sunday after driving the wrong way on SR 18 east of the Auburn Black Diamond Road, hitting another vehicle head-on, and killing the driver involved in the Washington Auto Accident. According to Washington State Patrol troopers, the man was driving a Honda Accord eastbound in the westbound lanes at about 4:38 a...
Tulalip Teen Injured in Rollover Accident
Posted on January 04, 2008Late Tuesday night, a Tulalip girl was seriously injured in a rollover automobile accident, police said. According to Snohomish County sheriff?s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover, the 15-year-old girl was a passenger in an SUV that rolled over and smashed into a pole at about 11:30 p...
$100 Million Lawsuit in Metro Bus Crash Death
Posted on December 19, 2007A multi-million dollar lawsuit has been filed against Metro by the family of a man who was killed in a bus accident collision with a Metro bus. Last April, the Metro bus, driven by Sandie Olosky, crossed over the center line and hit the truck driven by 21 year old Michael Dahlquist on Highway 164, near Enumclaw...
Lawsuit Filed Against Driver Involved in Cyclist Death
Posted on December 17, 2007An accident in September that resulted in the death of a bicyclist hit by a dump truck is now the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit. The family of the bicyclist is suing the truck driver and the Woodinville-based construction company that employed him...
Fatal Accident Causes Death ? Company Fined
Posted on December 14, 2007An employee of Avista Utilities died last May when he fell from an extended boom-truck lift. The accident occurred at Hiawatha Elementary School, in Othello, Washington. Avista confirmed last week that they intend to pay all fines associated with the Washington work injury accident...
Bus Beating Victims to Receive Payment by Metro
Posted on December 13, 2007Two teenagers were attacked and beaten by a group of youths while riding a Metro bus in 2005, and last week a jury ruled that King County Metro was negligent when the bus driver took no action to stop the attack. In a civil case brought against the transit company, the Superior Court jury voted to award both plaintiffs $125,000 each in damages...
Train Strikes Car, Driver Killed
Posted on December 10, 2007Saturday night, a car was hit by a train and the driver killed at a railroad crossing in the Vancouver, Washington area. The crossing was located on private property. The train, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad freight train, was heading westbound...
Motorcyclist Killed in Collision with Dump Truck
Posted on December 03, 2007Early Tuesday morning, a Seattle man died in a motorcycle accident when the bike he was riding collided with a dump truck. According to Sergeant Jeff Johnson, the motorcycle was heading north on East Lake Sammamish Parkway. It then struck the side of a dump truck...
16 Car Pile-up on Northbound I-5
Posted on November 28, 2007Five separate crashes, involving 16 vehicles, slowed traffic Friday on I-5 between Burlington and Mount Vernon. This caused major problems for holiday shoppers driving to local malls. The automobile accidents included two hit-and-run drivers who troopers are still looking for...
Recall of Del Rey Flour Tortillas
Posted on November 22, 2007Del Rey Tortilleria, Inc., of Chicago, is announcing the recall of its flour tortilla products, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Flour tortillas of all sizes are included in the recall (White Flour Tortillas; 6? Tortillas de Harina; Burritos 2,3, and 4; and 8? Fajitas)...
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