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• Failure to Yield Cited in Kitsap County Crash

  Ryan Nute | December 12, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Early Saturday a Suqamish woman was ejected from her car after reportedly failing to yield, and crashing into another vehicle. The woman, 34, attempted to cross Highway 305 and was struck by a 53 -year-old man Bremerton man driving a Chevrolet Cavalier. The woman was ejected from her car; her injuries are unknown. The passenger in her car, a 32-year-old man, was injured and transported to...

• Bodee LLC, Inc. Recalls Encore Tabs Due to Harmful Undeclared Ingredients

  Jenny Albano | November 27, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Bodee LLC, Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling its dietary supplement product sold under the name Encore Tabs.The drug was recalled after the FDA found that one lot of Encore Tabs contained a potentially harmful undeclared ingredient called aminotadala. Aminotadala is an analog of tadalafil, which is the main ingredient in Erectile Dysfunction (ED) drugs.FDA maintains...

• Insurance Companies Can Compensate Students Injured in Lacy Crash

  Michael Myers | November 05, 2007 8:19 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Two of the Olympia High School students injured in the two vehicle crash in Lacy we previously blogged about here remain in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center. Another injured student remains in satisfactory condition at Harborview. Two other students sustained less serious injuries in the crash. One was released from a hospital on October 30th, another student remained in stable...

• Olympia High School Students Seriously Injured in Lacy Collision

  Chelsea Gilbert | November 04, 2007 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  On Tuesday, six teenagers from the Olympia-area were involved in a car accident that sent three of these teenagers to Harborview Medical Center with life- threatening injuries. The Honda carrying the six teenagers, five females and one male, collided with a Sports Utility Vehicle heading in the opposite direction on Ruddle Road at about 3:45 p.m. Three of the teens were ejected from the car...

• Statute of Limitations May Run Soon for Windstorm Property Damage Claims

  Ryan Nute | November 01, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Many of you experienced damage to your houses during the wind storms last year. The majority of the losses occurred on December 14 or 15, 2006. Generally homeowners' insurance policies in Washington have a one year statute of limitations: that is, any claims against the homeowner's carrier must be brought within one year of the incident. Failure to bring a claim in time means it might be...

• Redmond Worker Injured when Boom Truck Falls, Potential "Third-Party" Claim

  Michael Myers | October 12, 2007 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  On October 9th a construction worker at Microsoft in Redmond was injured when a boom truck tipped over. The Department of Labor & Industries, an agency designed to protect and advocate for workers, will do an investigation as to the cause of the accident. It will focus on the cause of the accident and what the general contractor could have done to make the construction site safer for not only...

• Failure to Wear Seat Belts Does Not Prohibit Recovery in Car Accident Cases

  Michael Myers | October 08, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  A lot of people think that they can't recover if they're not wearing their seat belt in a motor vehicle accident. Fortunately, that common belief is incorrect. A recent story in The Olympian details an accident where a driver failed to negotiate a turn, causing his car to leave the highway, go through a chain-link fence and hit a tree. According to the State Patrol, neither the driver nor...

• Releases are Narrowly Construed--Health Clubs and Recreational Equipment Providers Exposed to Liability

  Michael Myers | October 04, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Gyms are notorious for making their members sign "releases". So are sports leagues and places that rent recreational equipment. But these releases don't provide immunity for all injuries. In fact, they only provide immunity for injuries incurred under a narrow set of circumstances. This point was illustrated by the Alaska Supreme Court in the case of Moore v. Hartley Motors. It held that...

• Deaths on Cruise Ships

  Michael Myers | September 27, 2007 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  While the injuries and deaths of cruise passengers is not a particularly fond topic of cruise companies, procedures must be in place for if a passengers falls ill or dies while on board. Almost all ships have doctors and nurses on board, and many ships also have an area that can serve as a morgue. However, there is rarely any counseling available on board for the grieving family of the deceased...

• State Pays $2.5 Million for Rape of Mentally-Ill Woman

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 19, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  A $2.5 million dollar settlement was reached on Tuesday to settle the claims of a mentally-ill woman who was raped while she was a patient at Eastern State Hospital in 2004.$1.5 million of that settlement will go towards the victim's future care, an amount declared "reasonable" by Jerry Cartwright, the assistant attorney general who represented the state, considering the amount of care the woman...