Promptly Paying Medical Bills is Important
When you are injured by the negligence of another there are usually medical bills that should be payed immediately. Even if you are thinking of filing a personal injury lawsuit paying medical bills promptly will protect your credit amongst other things. Here is how your bills should be handled:
- Medical insurance. This is the best way to pay your medical bills promptly, but we know not everyone has medical coverage.
- Insurance coverage of other parties.
- State medical grant programs
If you have been injured in Washington we will handle all of the required paper work to ensure your medical bills are taken care of properly. Even if you do not have medical coverage, other insurance coverage is not available and you do not qualify for any medical grants we will contact your medical provider to ensure collections are held. Contact our Washington personal injury lawyers for a free consultation.
Police: Drunken Driver Causes 6-Car Crash
A Hingham woman was drunk and under the influence of drugs when she triggered a six-car accident on Washington Street and drove in to the front of a tire store, police said.
Hayley Damp kept her foot on the gas pedal even after her SUV crashed into Brilliant Tire at about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, police said. A passer-by saw the tires of her vehicle spinning and smoking and reached in the window to turn the engine off, police said.
Damp, 31, of 98 Kilby St., was taken to Quincy Medical Center after the crash, then brought back to the Quincy police station where she was booked on charges of drunken driving, driving under the influence of drugs and reckless driving.
Patrolman Bruce Tait was the first officer to arrive at the accident scene and wrote in his report that vehicles littered both sides of the road.
Washington Lawsuit Filed Over Helicopter Crash
The estate of a South Korean businessman killed in a 2007 helicopter crash near Easton, Kittitas County, has filed a wrongful-death suit against the California manufacturer of the helicopter and a Seattle company that operated the aircraft.
The suit, filed Sept. 29 in King County Superior Court, alleges that the helicopter’s fuel system and tail rotor system were unsafe, causing the death of Si Young Lee, 45, the president of a South Korean furniture company who was visiting Washington to inspect export-grade timber.
Three other people, including the pilot, also were killed and the crash sparked a 485-acre wildfire.
A spokeswoman for Robinson Helicopter, the Torrance, Calif., manufacturer of the R44 II helicopter that crashed, declined to comment, saying the company doesn’t discuss pending litigation.
Classic Helicopter, the operator of the helicopter, declined to comment on allegations that it knew or should have known about the purported defects.
The crash occurred on Aug. 2, 2007, after Lee, his business partner, Hyun Song, and Robert Hagerman, 64, an Everett timber broker, flew in the helicopter over the Cascades to a logging site. The helicopter was flown from Boeing Field in Seattle by Keiko Minakata, 41, Classic’s chief flight instructor.
Minutes after the helicopter left the logging site for a return trip, it crashed and burst into flames.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found last year that the crash resulted from pilot error. The pilot, flying downhill, attempted a “downwind takeoff” in high-density altitude conditions, the safety board concluded, noting that the craft’s operation at 77 pounds over the limit for existing conditions and a gusty tail wind were contributing factors.
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