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News and information on dangerous drugs, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, car accidents, and workplace accidents in Washington state.
By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

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Last Entry: October 01, 2010 at 18:15:34

Tests Show Higher Risk for Small Cars in Crashes

Posted on June 15, 2009
The website latimes.com reported in an article on April 14, 2009 that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently published the results of a series of crash tests. The Institute crashed a Honda Fit into a Honda Accord, a Smart ForTwo into a Mercedes C-Class, and a Toyota Yaris into a Toyota Camry each at 40 miles per hour...

Washington Car Crash Kills Couple from Vancouver and Critically injures Son

Posted on June 09, 2009
A five-year-old Vancouver boy and his parents were in a serious car accident in Washington on Sunday near Chelan. The boy is in critical condition in a Seattle hospital and the crash claimed the life of his parents. At Bernard Law Group, we handle Seattle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Bus Safety Review after Fatal Bus Accident Ordered by Transportation Boss

Posted on June 08, 2009
The website philly.com reported in a storyon April 29, 2009 that Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation has plans to order a full departmental review of motor coach safety. This action comes a day after five people were killed when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed in Soledad, California a small town located in Monterey County...

Multiple Seattle Car Crashes on I-5 Results in Injuries

Posted on June 02, 2009
Tuesday morning during rush hour, a multiple vehicle crash occurred on southbound Interstate 5 at Northgate. Apparently, this crash led to a second, more serious crash in the northbound lanes when a motorcyclist struck an ambulance. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

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Washington School Bus Accident at Railroad Crossing

Posted on May 29, 2009
The website wsp.wa.gov reported in a story on April 28, 2009 that a Battle Ground School Bus was rear ended on SR-503, just north of N.E. 149th Street while stopped at a railroad crossing. According to the Washington State Police, the driver of the bus, Nina Millard, 39 of Battle Ground, had stopped at the railroad crossing to clear it when a 2008 VW Jetta, driven by Jace Delgado, 22, also from Battle Ground, struck her from behind blocking both northbound lanes...

Washington Car Hit by Truck?s Fallen Load

Posted on May 28, 2009
The website komonews.com reported in a story on April 20, 2009 that Chrissy Gombos of Kirkland called the authorities to report a near death experience in Skagit County, Washington. Gombos claims that a piece of debris came off the back of a truck on Interstate 5 which thankfully struck her cars? under carriage and not the windshield...

Everett Teen Killed on I-5: Family Warns Others

Posted on May 27, 2009
The website king5.com reported in an article on April 14, 2009 that the family of fifteen year old Haley Salvador wants to alert people, especially teens, not to cross Interstate 5. According to reports, Salvador had taken the shortcut countless times but the last time would prove to be a deadly one...

Seattle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled by Family of Cyclist

Posted on May 26, 2009
The website seattletimes.com reported in an article on April 28, 2009 that the family of Bryce Lewis, 19 who was killed when a dump truck struck the bike she was riding, has settled out of court. The family attorney stated that parents Marc and Laura Paolicelli of Colorado, agreed to an unrevealed sum of money from Nelson & Sons Construction of Woodinville...

Washington I-5 Rollover Injures Two

Posted on May 20, 2009
Just after 4 p.m. Monday, an SUV rolled after hitting the cement median barrier on I-5. The accident happened in the northbound lane in Chehalis. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Crash on Highway 167 Leaves One Woman Killed, 2 People Injured

Posted on May 18, 2009
Last Thursday, in an accident on River Road in Puyallup, one woman died, and a girl and a man were injured. The accident involved four cars and one of the vehicles was actually torn in two. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Washington SUV Auto Accident Kills Boy

Posted on May 13, 2009
Monday afternoon, just east of Gold Bar, a 5-year-old boy died in a vehicle crash. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day. Call our attorneys at 1-800-418-8282. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...

Jury awards $5.5 Million in Drunk Driving Accident

Posted on May 04, 2009
A drunk driver seriously injured another motorist in a 2007 head ?on collision, and a Skagit County jury has concluded the Washington State Patrol and Whatcom County must pay $5.5 million for not doing enough to stop the drunk driver. According to the attorney in the case, the verdict, on April 28, is the largest ever in Skagit County...

Liver Damage and Death Lead to Hydroxycut Recall

Posted on May 02, 2009
Weight Loss Supplement Hydroxycut Recalled Due to Liver Damage, Injuries and Death Hydroxycut, the number one weight loss supplement in the world, was recalled on May 1st by the FDA. The FDA reports that there are at least 23 reports of serious liver injuries and death (http://www...

Yakima Auto Injury Crash

Posted on April 29, 2009
A Yakima man was involved in a weekend crash that seriously injured a 25-year-old woman. He made his first court appearance Monday in connection the vehicle crash. The 68-year-old man is being held at the Yakima County jail on $25,000 bail on a requested charge of vehicular assault...

Seattle Light Rail Accidents Result in Injuries

Posted on April 28, 2009
Friday afternoon in South Seattle, a woman sustained facial injuries when she ran into the side of a light rail train in testing service on tracks along Martin Luther King Jr. Way South at South Othello Street. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Spokane School Custodian Sues Over Suicide Clean-Up

Posted on April 27, 2009
A lawsuit has been reinstated by the state appeals court, according to a seattletimes.com article. The lawsuit involves school custodian at Nine Mile Falls who was forced to clean up the bloody scene of a student suicide. The school district is being sued by the janitor for unspecified damages for post traumatic stress disorder...

Tacoma Auto Accident & Wrongful Death Attorneys

Posted on April 24, 2009
Tacoma is Washington state's third-largest city, with approximately 202,700 residents. Known as the city of destiny, it was designated as the Northern Pacific Railroad's western terminus in 1873. Tacoma is the second largest city in the Puget Sound region and the third largest in the state...

Washington Car Crash Kills Teen, Brother Injured

Posted on April 17, 2009
Tuesday morning, south of Allyn, a 14-year-old boy was killed and his 16-year-old brother was seriously injured in a tragic car crash in Washington. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Texting Driver Crashes into Idaho Police Officer

Posted on April 14, 2009
Seattle's KOMO TV News Station reports in an article that a driver who was texting while driving over 60 miles per hour crashed into the back end of a Boise patrol car on Interstate 84 in Meridian, Idaho. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Seattle Pedestrian Accident Death Results in Vehicular Homicide Charges

Posted on April 09, 2009
Prosecutors have filed vehicular homicide charges against the driver more than a year after a 73-year-old pedestrian was run down on a Seattle street. At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day...

Spanaway Man Killed in Fiery Car Accident

Posted on April 08, 2009
According to a report from SeattlePI.com, a Spanaway man, 26 year old Ryan D. Allen, died this weekend after crashing his speeding truck on State Route 512 in Puyallup. Witnesses reported that he might have been traveling up to 100 miles per hour when he ran his truck off the road...

Washington Car Accident Caused by Blackberry Phone Use

Posted on April 07, 2009
According to a report from the Seattle Times, Brian J. Wilson, Police Chief of Federal Way, was in a minor car accident in his unmarked police car because he was checking his BlackBerry device at the time. The car accident in Washington happened at the intersection of South 324th Street and Pacific Highway South in Federal Way on March 18...

Everett Sheriff's Deputy Crashes Car Into Apartment

Posted on April 06, 2009
A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy swerved and ran his cruiser through a fence and into an apartment building, in an effort to avoid an accident. According to a report from the Everett HeraldNet.com, the accident occurred on 112th Street SW between 2nd Place W and 3rd Avenue, W in Everett...

Kent Head-On Car Crash Kills Three People

Posted on April 03, 2009
Early Sunday near Kent, three people were killed in a Washington car accident after the driver of a Mazda Protege entered northbound state Route 167 in the wrong direction, according to a report. She then crossed three lanes of traffic, and according to Washington State Patrol, hit another car head-on...

Pedestrian Accident Kills Girl After She Is Hit By Two Cars

Posted on April 02, 2009
A report from seattletimes.com stated on February 26, 2009 that Sherry Varo, 17, had been killed after being hit by two vehicles in this fatal pedestrian accident. Kerry Varo, 15, was also riding his bike that night when he witnessed the accident. He saw the pedestrian get hit by the first car and thrown into the next lane...

Seattle Car Accident Kills Cab Driver

Posted on April 01, 2009
A report from seattletimes.com stated on February 13, 2009 that Getnet Endeshaw?s, 28, was struck by several cars and killed. According to police reports Endeshaw?s cab spun out of control on the icy roads and ended up facing south in the northbound lanes...

Microsoft?s Redmond Campus Construction Accident Kills Worker

Posted on March 31, 2009
The seattletimes.com website reported in an article on February 19, 2009 that an ironworker was crushed to death at a construction site on the Microsoft Redmond campus at 4480 154th Place Northeast, off 156th Avenue Northeast. According to witness reports, the ironworker was attempting to set a rebar formation that had just been cut from a crane into cement when it fell onto him...

Seattle Bike Accident Kills U. Washington Researcher

Posted on March 30, 2009
The seattletimes.com website reported in an account on February 6, 2009 that Kevin Black, 39, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike and died from his injuries. Black was a University of Washington molecular neurobiologist. Black?s research looked at molecules that create electrical signals in the brain...

Seattle Boat Explosion Injures Two

Posted on March 27, 2009
The seattletimes.com reported in a story on February 28, 2009 that a pleasure boat exploded just west of Lake Union injuring one person and damaging another boat that was in close proximity. The joy boat was tied to a fuel dock when the Seattle boat explosion happened...

Washington Motorcycle Accidents Increase, Alarming State

Posted on March 26, 2009
The seattletimes.com website reported in an account on February 23, 2009 that the fifth casualty resulting from a motorcycle accident in Washington this year has occurred in what appears to be a growing trend. This is alarming state officials with the latest victim being a 46 year old Auburn man...

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