Legal Articles

Failure to yield accidents can be some of the most devastating crash types because of the violence of the crash. Typically one of the cars is traveling at full speed while another car either turns in in the car’s path or just fails to get out of the when they were...

Interstate 90 is a heavily traveled freeway that stretches from Seattle to Boston and has become a major arterial for semi-trailers and other large commercial trucks delivering goods across the country. In Idaho, I-90 runs through Coeur de’Alene taking the heavy...

Interstate 90 runs through Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, and each year there are hundreds of serious crashes between both cities, and many of them involve significant personal injuries and fatalities. When three or more people are injured, it changes all phases of the...

Rural highways have more fatalities than urban roads, according to a study from the National Transportation Highway Safety Administration. Only 21 percent of all drivers live in rural areas, yet rural roads account for around 57 percent of all fatalities. Of those...

A pickup truck towing a trailer such as a camper or maybe a boat is a common scene on the freeway, but sometimes these trailers are involved in serious accidents. Hauling a trailer isn’t as easy as it seems, and unlike their larger commercial counterparts, there is no...

The law each person to sue anyone no matter how related. Even a minor can sue their parent, however, there are certain requirements before a suit like that would go forward. But this question comes up all the time in auto accidents where one family member injures...

The short answer is yes. When we think of a personal injury, we often think of a car accident caused by someone speeding or running a red light. However, anytime someone is injured due to another’s negligence, they can seek compensation from the at-fault person. This...

When someone is at work and slips and falls, then the Washington Department of Labor and Industries will pay for your work-related claims. These benefits will be paid based on the injury and not whether the employer is at fault. However, if there is someone other than...

If someone is injured in an accident through someone else’s negligence, then the at-fault person is required to pay for all damages related to the accident. Under Washington law, medical bills are considered part of those financial losses. What if my Health Insurance...

Winter is officially here in a few days, but the icy roads and the crashes that go with them have hit the Spokane area hard this last weekend. At least three people were killed and over a dozen sent to local hospitals over the weekend starting December 14, 2019. A...

Dog bites can be downright scary and painful. Many times the wound is small, and the violence of the attack seems to be the worst part. But other times, a dog attack can cause serious injury to the victim. When this happens, victims often want to know what they can do...

Washington law requires that when someone injures another person due to their negligence, the at-fault person must pay them compensation for their injuries. If the victim has a preexisting injury, then the law doesn’t prohibit the victim from claiming any new...

The rollover accident is the deadliest type of accident, according to a report from the National Highway Transportation Administration. Each year, rollover crashes account for around two percent of all accidents, yet they make up over 35 percent of all fatalities...

It may seem incredibly unfair, but sometimes when the driver of a car is arrested after a collision with another vehicle, the arrest means that the injured person won’t be getting compensation from the person who hurt them. However, if the driver is committing certain...

When we think about someone causing a car crash, we think of them running a red light or speeding, however, sometimes the cause is something out of their control—like a medical emergency. What happens then? Is the person who had the emergency still at fault? One Dead...