Automobile Accidents

• Vancouver Boy Seriously Injured in Hit-and-Run

  Ryan Nute | December 21, 2006 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  An SUV struck and seriously injured a 15-year old boy on Wednesday night in Vancouver, Washington near the intersection of SE 167th Avenue and SE 20th Street.His injuries included fractures to the neck and leg and a head injury. Hopefully the culprit voluntarily comes forward or is found. This young man may well have a claim under any Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist auto insurance policy held...

• Mary Ianuzzi Mourned by Edgewood

  Ryan Nute | December 18, 2006 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  13-year old Mary Ianuzzi was killed in a motor vehicle-pedestrian collision when a Chevy Suburban apparently ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle. The Suburban struck Mary as she waited for a school bus and pinned her to a telephone pole.The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is conducting an accident reconstruction investigation to fully determine how the accident happened. The...

• Collision Hospitalizes Bainbridge Island Woman

  Ryan Nute | December 18, 2006 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  A 61-year old woman was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center after a two-car head-on collision on December 6, 2006. The collision reportedly occurred when a 17-year old lost control of a Land Rover, which swerved into oncoming traffic. The woman was trapped in her car and airlifted to Harborview.Read more: Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun

• Parents File Claim Against State for Failure to Install Guardrail

  Ryan Nute | December 14, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Four young men were killed in March 2004 in Clallam County when their vehicle left SR 112 and plunged into a river. Their parents have filed claims against the State based on alleged negligent highway design.The claims contend that the deaths could have been avoided if the State had placed a guardrail along a curved stretch of the road. Highway design flaws, such as the failure to install a...

• Car Accident Injuries To Washington's Children

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2006 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  My colleague, Seattle personal injury lawyer Mike Myers, has a couple of posts that talk about how statutes of limitation often differ between children and adults. I thought it was important to bring up something that Mike mentioned: under Washington law, children used to be prohibited from suing their parents for injuries. However, it is now possible for children to sue their parents when...