Legal Articles

  Pedestrians in Spokane, out at night, often struggle to find safe and well-lit areas in order to cross the road. Even when crosswalks are available, those on foot must still face off with sometimes careless and reckless drivers. Drivers can be traveling too...

  Pedestrians along busy roads in Spokane Valley rely on getting the attention of sometimes distracted drivers whenever they must cross the street. A motorist that’s driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol makes that effort to be noticed even harder....

Holiday traffic can get busy, especially at intersections where two major roads meet. These intersections become incredibly dangerous when one driver decides to ignore the right-of-way or doesn’t pay enough attention to see a light change. A small mistake can have big...

Pedestrians make their way around Spokane as safely as possible, but careless drivers and a lack of safe sidewalks and crosswalks make it challenging. There are dangers at all hours for those on foot, even as drivers are supposed to slow down anytime they see...

Pedestrians across Spokane are constantly put at risk by careless and thoughtless drivers. Some motorists simply don’t pay attention like they should and others are simply traveling at reckless speeds or refuse to slow down when a pedestrian is nearby. The neglect...

Travel along busy Spokane Valley roadways like Mission Avenue and Argonne Road can prove dangerous enough when careless drivers lose focus on the road. Those dangers are only boosted when someone impaired by drug use or alcohol consumption takes the wheel. Motorists...

  From Spokane up to the Canadian border, US 395 can range from a busy six-lane highway to a busy two-lane highway. The lanes may reduce, but most any section of 395 can carry heavy traffic at certain times of the day. Even when traffic is light, it only takes...

Highway 395 carries heavy traffic in and out of Spokane County and Stevens County each day. Fast-moving vehicles can be passing within feet of each other with only yellow lines to separate them. One mistake by a driver in any direction can affect everyone in other...

Drivers traveling in each direction on the narrow lanes of U.S. Highway 95 in Idaho must put a lot of trust in each other as they pass so close to one another. Only a few feet separate opposite lanes of traffic and the smallest mistake can leave a driver in the direct...

Two-lane roads offer drivers little protection from traffic traveling in the opposite direction. A mistake of only a foot or less can be enough to put one vehicle in the path of oncoming traffic to create a devastating crash. After an initial impact, other vehicles,...

Motorcyclists face so many dangers on Idaho roads and even a slight increase in the attention shown by careless motorists could prevent hundreds of injuries and save countless lives each year. Drivers making a lane change, attempting a turn, or coming up on a redlight...

Local morning travel can be complicated by thick patches of fog and icy conditions on road surfaces. When collisions occur, those involved may believe that mother nature is to blame. That’s actually not true when it comes to insurance claims for injured victims. No...

Motorcyclists in Washington State can be put in dangerous situations by careless motorists on any road across the state at any time of day. These critical moments usually occur after a simple lack of care on the part of drivers who don’t check their surroundings...

In parts of Spokane, the lanes get very narrow and offer little room on either side for maneuvering. A driver making a mistake can be left with no space to correct course. Motorists in the path of an out-of-control vehicle can have no shoulder to use to avoid a...