Recent Car Accident Injury Settlement
Here is a recent injury settlement achieved by the Everett personal injury law firm Kornfeld Law. The client had been injured in King County in an automobile accident.
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Jane Doe v. John Doe driver: King County Superior Court No. 02-2-26432-8 Seattle woman involved in a motor vehicle accident suffered spinal injuries to her neck and low back, radiculopathy, and a worsening of her pre-existing fibromyalgia. A Microsoft employee with a stellar record, she was forced to miss about one year of work over 4 years. According to her rheumatologists, she could not return to her high-stress job as the extra hours and demands of being bent over a computer for most of the day made her injuries worse and caused her to lose sleep. The treating doctors told her to find a 30-40 hour a week job rather than her 50-60 hour position. Given that she was a large wage earner, the insurer agreed to pay its half million dollar policy limit to settle the case.
Total Settlement: $500,000
Now, there is no guarantee your car accident claim could yield a settlement near this ammount or a settlement at all. To find out if you have a claim contact our Seattle personal injury lawyers for a free consultation.
Man killed in car-tanker collision on US 2
EVERETT, Wash. — A 38-year-old motorist is dead after his car collided head-on with a tanker truck.
The crash Saturday afternoon on U.S. 2 near Monroe shut down the roadway for several hours.
Washington State Patrol trooper Mark Francis says the car driven by a Bothell man crossed the center line and struck an oncoming tanker truck.
The motorist was killed. The 50-year-old tanker driver wasn’t hurt. No names were released.
Francis says two other cars were hit by debris from the accident, but nobody else was injured.
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2 accidents cause backups on I-5, leave 2 injured
Two wrecks involving South Sound residents tied up Interstate 5 over the weekend.
Southbound I5 at South 72nd Street was closed early Sunday by construction and a four-car accident.
It happened just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. According to the Washington State Patrol, three vehicles were traveling in one lane, and the first two vehicles stopped for traffic in the construction zone. The third vehicle – an Isuzu Rodeo driven by a 22-year-old Lakewood man – did not stop, striking the second vehicle and pushing it into the lead car. That car was forced over a lane, striking a truck.
A 51-year-old Tacoma woman who was driving the first vehicle struck was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma with minor injuries.
No one else was injured, the patrol said.
The driver of the Isuzu Rodeo is suspected of drunken driving and speeding. He faces a vehicular assault charge, the patrol reported.
In the second accident, a 49-year-old Puyallup man was taken to Harborview Medical Center after his motorcycle struck a guardrail on I-5 in Seattle.
The Washington State Patrol said he was merging from Michigan Street onto northbound I-5 just before 11 a.m. Saturday when he struck a concrete barrier. The man was thrown over the guardrail and landed in the HOV lane of southbound I-5.
He was wearing a helmet. The extent of his injuries is unknown. Drugs and alcohol were not believed to be involved.
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Seattle Women Killed in Hit and Run Crash
TUKWILA, Wash. – The first car didn’t stop, and neither did the second.
Police say both drivers left a woman to die in the street after she was hit while crossing East Marginal Way South late Friday night.
Investigators say the 24-year-old woman, identified by family members as Clashana Grayson of Seattle, had just gotten off a bus and was headed to a tavern called The Annex just after 11 p.m.
A witness standing in the bar’s parking lot says she saw a Cadillac speeding north on East Marginal just as the woman started walking.
The witness says the Cadillac hit Grayson, who flew up over the hood and may have struck the windshield. The driver stopped momentarily, then fled the scene, said Don Dart of the Tukwila police.
Moments later, a second car ran over Grayson as she lay bleeding in the street.
Police say that driver also left the scene. Detectives say it’s unclear if there’s any connection between the two drivers.
Grayson’s cousin, Kimiko Holmes, says she can’t believe two motorists would just keep driving after running over someone.
“I couldn’t fathom hitting anyone and keep on going. What a coward. What a coward,” she says.
Emergency crews rushed Grayson to Harborview Medical Center, where she later died.
Investigators believe the Cadillac has extensive front-end damage and possibly a cracked windshield. It’s likely a 1990s-to-2000 model with a red, maroon or burgundy paint job.
The second car is a silver import, possibly an older model Honda Civic, and it also may have sustained front-end damage, Dart said.
Police found pieces of at least one car that broke off in the collision, and are now analyzing that evidence.
Grayson has a 7-year-old daughter. Family members says they’re not sure what she was doing in the Tukwila area at that hour, and don’t know why she would be headed to The Annex – if she was at all.
Police are actively looking for the hit-and-run drivers. Anyone with information can call 206-433-1808.
If you have sustained personal injuries in Everett feel free to contact Everett personal injury lawyer Rob Kornfeld.
Everett Car Crashes into House After Rainstorm
EVERETT — Hail and heavy rain on Monday afternoon contributed to an accident that sent a car crashing into a house porch.
A driver found her windshield wipers not working when a rainstorm hit about 3 p.m. and ran a stop sign at Maple Street and 16th Street, Everett Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Parker said.
Her vehicle struck another car and pushed it into a porch of a nearby house.
Nobody was seriously hurt which is VERY surprising. Every week we here at Kornfeld Law see cases like this where an innocent driver or pedestrian is injured. We then, in turn, take the necessary steps to pursue financial compensation for the victim. It can take quite a bit of time to receive a settlement, but you generally have 2 years to file a car accident lawsuit in the state of Washington.
If you would like to file a car accident lawsuit in Everett or elsewhere in Washington State we welcome you to contact us for a free consultation at a place of your convenience.
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White Swan Man Dies in Rollover Car Accident
A White Swan man was killed in a single-car accident Friday night, when his 2001 Jeep Wrangler rolled over in a field.
Walter Gabriel Manuel, 50, was driving westbound on West Wapato Road about 10:30 p.m. and apparently lost control while making a left turn onto Brownstown Road, according to a news release from the Washington State Patrol.
The State Patrol said the Jeep veered off the roadway onto a field, then rolled over, ejecting Manuel. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
Manuel was pronounced dead at the scene. State Patrol officials said they believe he was driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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Teen Guilty of Fleeing Scene That Injured Officer
EVERETT — The teenage son of a Snohomish County Superior Court judge confessed Friday to driving drunk and fleeing from a crash that injured an Edmonds police officer last year.
Peter Anthony Lucas, 19, pleaded guilty to running from the scene of an injury accident. That’s a felony. He also pleaded guilty to drunken driving, a gross misdemeanor. He was sentenced to seven months in jail.
Lucas will be able to serve two months on home electronic monitoring on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is a pre-med student. Another month was converted to 240 hours of community service. He may be able to serve the remaining four months on work release, according to court documents filed late Friday afternoon.
Lucas is the son of Superior Court Judge Eric Lucas.
Former Snohomish County Prosecutor Janice Ellis requested that Island County Prosecutor Gregory Banks handle the case to avoid a potential appearance of a conflict of interest. King County Superior Court Judge Bruce Hilyer oversaw Friday’s plea and sentencing.
Lucas initially was charged in July with four felonies, including vehicular assault, assault on an officer and attempting to elude police. Prosecutors alleged that Lucas rammed an Edmonds police officer’s patrol car during a pursuit on New Year’s Day, 2009. The officer received substantial injuries to his neck that caused him to be out of work for three months.
The incident began when an Edmonds officer attempted to stop a Honda Civic. The driver stopped in a parking lot, then sped toward the officer’s car, according to court papers.
The impact of the collision stalled the patrol car and injured the officer. The Honda left the scene. A few minutes later another Edmonds officer spotted two men attempting to change a flat tire on a damaged Honda Civic. The officer ordered the men to stop.
Peter Lucas got behind the wheel and tried to ram a police car but instead lost control and crashed, according to court papers. He was subdued with an electric shock from a stun gun.
Lucas earlier had been drinking at a party. He got scared when the officer attempted to stop him, according to his attorney Laura Martin, with the Snohomish County Public Defender’s Association.
He was “scared for his future, for what his parents would do to him for drinking and driving, for how this would affect his schooling. He made a grave mistake.” Martin wrote in court papers.
Lucas had no previous criminal history. An assessment revealed no drug or alcohol addiction, according to court papers.
“Mr. Lucas will forever be a convicted felon,” Martin wrote. “This conviction, in and of itself, will have dire consequences for his future.”
If you have been injured in an Everett, WA car accident I urge you to contact a free consultation with Everett Car Accident Attorney Rob Kornfeld. With over 30 years experience dealing with Washington state personal injury lawsuits you can be assured he can make any possible compensation happen.
DUI Suspected in Fatal Everett Car Wreck
Police believe an intoxicated woman driving the wrong direction on Broadway caused a head-on crash Friday that killed two people and left two others with serious injuries.
The accident happened about 9:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Broadway at 41st Street.
Police arrested a woman for investigation of vehicular homicide, drunken driving and vehicular assault, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said.
She was at the wheel of a Nissan Xterra sport utility vehicle when it crashed head-on into a Nissan SX two-door coupe that was carrying four people.
Police believe the woman in the SUV was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Broadway when the wreck occurred, Goetz said. She apparently was unharmed in the crash.
A woman who was driving the car that the SUV struck died at the scene, as did one of her passengers, a man, Goetz said. Two other passengers, both men, remained hospitalized Saturday with serious injuries, Goetz said.
A passenger in the SUV was treated for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
The names and ages of those involved in the accident were not available Saturday.
The southbound freeway entrance to I-5 remained closed for several hours Friday night as detectives gathered evidence.
Impaired driving is the leading cause of traffic deaths in the state, according to the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission. More than a third of fatal crashes that occurred in Snohomish County last year involved drinking and driving, the commission’s data shows.
Last year’s toll includes two Clearview couples killed by a drunken driver on Nov. 29 while they were driving on Highway 9 in Marysville.
Friday’s crash is another tragic reminder that drinking and driving can have horrific consequences, Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said.
“That’s why we are out there every day, trying to get impaired drivers off the road,” he said.
As part of a statewide effort to eliminate traffic deaths, the patrol uses marked and unmarked patrols cars and helicopters to look for impaired drivers on state roads.
If you or a family member has been injured or like in this case worse it can be a tough time. Financial compensation may be the last thing on your mind when you are severely hurt or you have lost a loved one, but time is of essence to pursue any personal injury or wrongful death claim. Learn more from Everett Personal Injury Lawyer Rob Kornfeld.
Q. Should I stay in my car after an accident or get out?
A. Remain in the car if you feel dizzy or feel any pain. Do you best to remain calm and avoid changing positions. It is far better to wait for ambulance or EMT than to end up crippled for life. No insurance claim is going to give your mobility back.
If your airbag deployed, there may be some haze in the car, but there is no need to get out of the car hastily unless you see fire or smell smoke. If the car isn’t a safe place to be, get out of the car, and get as far away from any traffic as possible.
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Seattle man killed on Kent’s Benson Highway
A 58-year-old Seattle man was struck and killed by a small pickup truck as he tried to cross the Benson Highway at about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Panther Lake area of unincorporated Kent.
Maximiliano Diaz-Salazar was not in a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle as he attempted to go from east to west across the northbound lanes near the 22000 block of the five-lane highway, said Dan McDonald, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol.
“The cause of the crash was a pedestrian jumping out in the middle of the road and he didn’t see the car,” McDonald said in a phone interview Thursday.
A 43-year-old Kent woman, the driver of the 2000 Toyota pickup, told the State Patrol that she had no time to react once she saw the man crossing the street, also known as State Route 515 and 108th Avenue Southeast.
This marks the second pedestrian-car accident in the last seven weeks along the similar section of the Benson Highway, where posted speeds are 40 mph. A 22-year-old Kent woman was injured by a car at about 5 a.m. Oct. 27 when she tried to cross in the 22400 block of the highway to catch a bus. The woman was not in a crosswalk.
She was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of serious injuries, and has since been released.
“It’s not illegal but you need to yield the right of way (to a vehicle),” McDonald said about pedestrians crossing a street while not in a crosswalk.
Kent fire officials recommended in the press release that pedestrians should use a crosswalk while crossing any street, especially at night when visibility is reduced.
In the Wednesday night accident, Kent Fire Department and King County Medic One emergency crews found the man lying unconscious and unresponsive in the road and were unable to revive him, according to a Kent Fire Department media release.
The driver told investigators that she saw a sports-utility vehicle in the right lane as she traveled in the left lane and that the man apparently waited for the SUV to pass before he darted out in the road.
Investigators did not know where the man had planned to go as he attempted to cross the highway. There are several bus stops in the area.
It is up the state Department of Transportation to determine whether the Benson Highway needs any safety improvements near where the pedestrian-car accidents occurred, McDonald said.
“There’s a lot that goes into installing a crosswalk,” McDonald said. “You can’t just put one in the middle of a road if it’s one that drivers can’t see very well.”
Jamie Holter, spokeswoman for the state DOT, said traffic officials have looked at the history of accidents along that section of the Benson Highway, but she was still trying to track down traffic planners Thursday to see if there are any proposals to improve pedestrian safety along the street.
That section of the highway will become part of the city of Kent in July because of the Panther Lake annexations approved by voters in November.
“What happens might be up to Kent,” Holter said in a phone interview Thursday morning. “Or maybe if we start something Kent takes it over.”
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