Bellevue Drunk Driving Accident Attorney

We recovered $8.5 Million for the families of two victims who were killed in a head on collision after an impaired driver over the centerline on a highway on Whidbey Island.

Rob Kornfeld of Kornfeld, Trudell, Bowen and Lingenbrink, PLCC successfully represented the estate of an deceased cable installer and his surviving wife and two children as a Seattle wrongful death settlement lawyer, as well as a surviving coworker in a contentious multiparty litigated matter which settled on the first day of trial, October 11, 2010.

The Estate of Jane Doe v. Dr . Anesthesiologist: A patient with obvious facial and neck deformities went in for a routine D & C. Because the patient was overly sedated, the doctor was unable to timely awaken the patient from the paralytic drugs after she was unable to intubate and establish an airway in a timely fashion. As a result, the patient suffered severe hypoxia and brain damage and died one week later.

The defendant driver failed to stop at stop sign and collided with Plaintiff’s car. Plaintiff’s car was totaled. She sustained neck, back and bilateral shoulder injuries.

Mr. & Mrs. Jane Doe v. Drs. Doe: Mrs. Doe was hospitalized at 37 weeks pregnant. It was noted that her baby was in acute fetal distress. A decision was made by a covering OB-GYN not to deliver the full-term baby. Patient was sent home and several days later, spontaneously ruptured and delivered a still born. Suit was filed alleging that the health care providers were negligent in failing to induce labor in a full term baby which was in acute fetal distress as noted in the fetal heart monitoring strips.

An ex Army veteran recovered $300,000 after suffering a mild traumatic brain injury in a car accident. There was no objective signs of injury but neuropsychological testing was abnormal.

John and Jane Doe v. HMO facility: The health care provider failed to diagnosis an intracranial aneurysm which ruptured and caused permanent brain damage to a 54 year old mother, grandmother and house wife. She will never work again and need care 24/7.

Spinal Cord injury to Quadriplegic Patient: A quadriplegic passenger strapped and secured in his van suffered a cervical strain-whiplash injury in a car accident.

Knee injury of football player: $1,100,000 mediated settlement short of trial of knee injury of 30 year old football player following head on car collision.