$880,000 Seattle Wrongful Death Settlement
Seattle, WA–The Seattle Times reported the federal government agreed to pay an $880,000 settlement for the death of an Asian-antiquities expert.
The expert, 62 year-old Roxanna Brown, died last year at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac. Brown worked in Thailand as the director of Bangkok University’s Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum. She had travelled to Seattle to speak at a lecture at the University of Washington’s Asian art symposium. On May 9, 2008, Brown was arrested in Seattle on a count of wire-fraud out of Los Angeles, California. The antiquities expert was held at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac located in Seattle, Washington. Brown died on May 14 of peritonitis, which was the result of a medically untreated perforated gastric ulcer. Peritonitis is a massive infection and inflammation of the intestines and stomach, considered a medical emergency and left untreated typically results in death.
Seattle Washington Wrongful Death Lawyers
Over the years, we have had many inquiries regarding bringing a wrongful death claim for the loss of a minor child for whom parents were not “dependant” on for support. “Dependant upon” for support means that either through financial means or other labor efforts, the surviving sibling or parent is being supported in some way by the deceased child or sibling. In such a situation, a wrongful death case may be maintained. Contact our Seattle Wrongful Death Lawyers Today.
Seattle Sexual Harasment Lawyers
Unfortunately, in this day and age, publicity has shown us that many children, and even adults, are a target of sexual predators and fall prey to sexual abuse in unsuspecting ways. Many of you have heard of cases involving sexual abuse caused by adults, school teachers, clergy, healthcare providers and other professional adults and individuals who take people into their confidence.
We handle sexual abuse cases and are open to discuss your potential claims or persons who you feel have potential claims with the utmost confidentiality and privacy as you wish. Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation by e-mail at rob@kornfeldlaw.com or (800) 282-4878.
We are more than happy to make ourselves available to speak to you at your home, in our office, at a hospital or other location convenient for you.
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Filing a Seattle Personal Injury Lawsuit – Preparing Your Facts
A personal injury resulting from negligence of any sort is a painful ordeal to experience, mentally and emotionally as well as physically. These injuries range widely in severity, and depending upon how the injury affects a person’s life or the lives of their family member, the victim may be able to file a lawsuit against the person or company that is responsible for the injury. This is often done in order to compensate the victim and their loved ones for time off work, medical bills, or punitively.
Filing a personal injury lawsuit in the state of Washington requires diligence on behalf of the victim in order to ensure a certain measure of success in pursuing such a case. In many personal injury cases, the victim is not properly compensated for their pain and suffering because they do not have enough evidence to support their claims.
Among the most important of all steps involved in filing a personal injury lawsuit, many people fail to seek medical attention after an accident. In many instances, victims try to see if their pain will go away with time as it does with minor injuries. Usually after days or even weeks of chronic suffering, the victim then decides to see a physician. By this time, the medical records do not accurately reflect the injuries from the accident as the body has already begun to heal itself.
After these steps have been completed and all evidence and information is in order, the injured party should immediately contact a skilled and experienced personal injury attorney. Arranging a meeting with a lawyer after all of the necessary steps have been taken could mean speeding up the process of taking someone to court, as well as saving time and money for both attorney and client.
Seattle Personal Injury Lawyer Rob Kornfeld clients with major personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and various other cases in relation to personal injuries. Additionally, we represent clients who have claims arising in the work place involving sexual harassment, employment discrimination or wrongful termination. While our law firm is based in the Seattle area, we have successfully handled cases throughout the State of Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and assisted in British Columbia, Canada. Visit Seattle Injury Attorney Rob Kornfeld.
