If you have been injured in Everett or elsewhere in Washington State contact an Everett personal injury lawyer at Kornfeld Law for a free consultation.

If you are serious about pursuing your Washington State personal injury claim call an Everett personal injury lawyer at our firm at 800-282-4878 toll free.

If you have suffered personal injuries in WA on the job feel free to contact us for a free consultation at a time and place of your convenience.

Further research of the relevant points of law and consultations with experts to assess the strengths of your case, weaknesses and your case value may be required.  If you would like our office to evaluate whether you have a case and the strengths of your case, please contact us. Email Rob at Rob@kornfeldlaw.com or call 1 (800) 282-4878 to schedule a free consultation or case evaluation over the telephone, by e-mail or in person at a convenient location for you, either at our main office, a satellite meeting location, in your home or at the hospital.

Roofer recovers $965,000. There may be many trades on a construction site. One trade or even the general contractor may accidentally cause a worker from a different trade to be seriously injured.

In Washington, under the Washington Industrial Safety Act (WISHA), the general contractor on any work site has a nondelegable duty to enforce all safety regulations for all employees on site, not just the employees of the general contractor. This duty runs from all upper tier subcontractors to all lower tier subcontractors which the sub may hire on the job site.  This nondelegable duty to enforce all safety regulations on all work sites applies not just to general contractors but to owners, developers and those with supervisory authority in the work place. All employers are obligated to provide a reasonably safe work place for its employees and those with whom it contracts with to furnish labor and materials for it.

If a worker is injured in the work place, he may file a worker’s compensation claim.  An injured worker not only has a right to file a worker’s compensation, e.g. a Labor and Industries claim, but may also have a viable “third party claim” to recover damages against the contractor, subcontractor or any other independent trade which was negligent.  This would be a claim against any negligent company or an employee of another company on a job site which caused the worker’s injury.  The injured worker may file a third party claim against the employer of the negligent worker and arguably claim that the employer or its employee failed to enforce or follow certain WISHA or OSHA regulations.

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A dispatcher with the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office tells KIRO 7 that there is one confirmed death. The deceased is an employee of the construction company involved in the accident.

According to the Anacortes Fire Department, which is assisting with the accident response, the accident happened at around 3:15 p.m. Saturday when an 1800 square foot house fell off of its foundation, crushing a construction worker to death.

An Anacortes Fire spokesperson tells KIRO 7’s Graham Johnson that six workers were lowering the house to comply with building codes when the house slipped. All of the workers made it out safely except for one man, who was killed as he was pinned and crushed by pieces of the house structure.

The victim is a 57-year-old man from Mount Vernon.

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• 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.

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.

A witness told the NTSB that the helicopter went up about 40 feet and, after it traveled 100 to 150 feet, began to wobble and sway with an unusual sound. The craft flew another 100 to 150 feet and was “wobbling” before it hit the ground as the wind was blowing downhill, the witness reported.

The NTSB report didn’t cite defects with the helicopter.

The lawsuit alleges the helicopter experienced a mechanical failure and hit the ground at low speed.

All aboard “actually survived the crash,” but a design flaw caused the fatal fire, according to a news release issued by the Los Angeles law firm representing Lee’s wife, his daughter and son and his parents.

“We don’t think this thing crashed because of a pilot error,” said Ilyas Akbari, an attorney for the firm.

A preliminary Federal Aviation Administration report pointed to a tail rotor malfunction, Akbari said.

Even if there was pilot error, the fire could have been prevented by strengthening the gas tank or enclosing the fuel in a resilient, airtight bladder, at a fraction of the helicopter’s $400,000 cost, Akbari said.

Robinson issued a safety notice in July 2006 noting that occupants of helicopter and light planes had survived accidents but suffered severe burns from post-crash fires, according to a copy provided by the law firm.

The notice was issued after dozens of crashes of Robinson R44 helicopters around the world, Akbari said.

Robinson strongly recommended that occupants wear fire-retardant flight suits, gloves and a hood or a helmet

Akbari said is not possible to wear the suits every time people fly in a helicopter. Robinson’s own employees don’t do so, the suit alleges.

No other suits have been filed in the Easton crash, Akbari said. But settlements for undisclosed sums apparently were reached in the deaths of Song and Hagerman and possibly the pilot, he said.

Robinson declined to comment on settlements. It is the largest maker of nonmilitary or nongovernment helicopters worldwide, and has produced more than 9,000 light helicopters since its founding in 1973.

The suit also names a Bellevue company that leased the helicopter to Classic. That firm has dissolved, Akbari said.

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Originally, Chrysler only agreed to accept liability for new vehicles made after the bankruptcy, which would have left users of their older vehicles without a viable source of recovery if an injury is sustained in the future as a result of defects in existing vehicles.

The new company, now under partial control by Italy’s Fiat, announced last week that it will accept the older liabilities after General Motors Co. made a similar commitment. Therefore, claims for injuries sustained after they emerged from bankruptcy on June 10 will be honored. However, Chrysler personal injury lawsuits for claims that arose before the bankruptcy filing will still be limited to the assets of the old company.

In Everett, Washington product liability claims have an expiration date of 3 years under the statute of limitations in the state. If you have been injured due to defective product in Washington consider contacting our Everett defective product lawyers for a free consultation at a time and place of your convenience.

(1) An action for waste or trespass upon real property;

(2) An action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including an action for the specific recovery thereof, or for any other injury to the person or rights of another not hereinafter enumerated;

(3) Except as provided in RCW 4.16.040(2), an action upon a contract or liability, express or implied, which is not in writing, and does not arise out of any written instrument;

(4) An action for relief upon the ground of fraud, the cause of action in such case not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud;

(5) An action against a sheriff, coroner, or constable upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity and by virtue of his office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the nonpayment of money collected upon an execution; but this subdivision shall not apply to action for an escape;

(6) An action against an officer charged with misappropriation or a failure to properly account for public funds intrusted to his custody; an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture, where an action is given to the party aggrieved, or to such party and the state, except when the statute imposing it prescribed a different limitation: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, The cause of action for such misappropriation, penalty or forfeiture, whether for acts heretofore or hereafter done, and regardless of lapse of time or existing statutes of limitations, or the bar thereof, even though complete, shall not be deemed to accrue or to have accrued until discovery by the aggrieved party of the act or acts from which such liability has arisen or shall arise, and such liability, whether for acts heretofore or hereafter done, and regardless of lapse of time or existing statute of limitation, or the bar thereof, even though complete, shall exist and be enforceable for three years after discovery by aggrieved party of the act or acts from which such liability has arisen or shall arise.

Easily summarized, you have 3 years in the state of Washington to file a Personal Injury Claim. If you think you may have a personal injury claim you can contact our firm of personal injury lawyers for a free consultation.