Uninsured & Underinsured Accidents in Kirkland

Despite being in the middle of the van in his wheelchair with a neck support for the back of his head, our client suffered a cervical whiplash injury. This seemingly minor injury had catastrophic consequences for our client.

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.

John Doe v. Trans-America Insurance: Commercial Dump Truck Driver suffered a hip injury and permanent nerve damage to his foot

Jane and John Doe v. Hospital XYZ (King County, Washington): A 53-year-old father underwent surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. During his first night, the patient was not assessed or monitored for over five hours. As a result, he developed a mucus plug, could not breathe, and suffered respiratory arrest and heart failure. The patient was revived but suffered catastrophic brain damage. He now requires care 24-7 from his wife.

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.

Mild traumatic brain injury at a local Jr. High School where a student fell over an unguarded edge to the pavement five feet below.

Our client was a passenger in a car that was also in a rear-end accident on the I-5 near Seattle. The client incurred more than $26,000.00 in medical expenses for treating the myriad of injuries they suffered do the at-fault driver’s negligent driving, including a herniated intervertebral disc and vocational disability. Allstate agreed to settle the claim for $111,543.00.

Jane Doe vs Grocery Store, et al: A mother was shopping with her daughter, son in law, and granddaughter. She reached down to select a spice bottle and the shelf system collapsed on her head and neck, causing neck and upper back injuries. The client suffered cervical injuries and underwent a double level cervical fusion with hardware and bone graft from her hip. The supplier, grocery store and manufacturer of the spice product each contributed to the settlement.

Jane Doe v. Hospital and Dr. Radiologist (confidentiality) A doctor and hospital agreed to pay $1,900,000 and a health insurer agreed to waive recovery of subrogation reimbursement of $462,000 as a result of a radiologist’s failure to correctly read a MRI which, if correctly read in accordance with the standard of care, would have shown a posterior communicating aneurysm and which was treatable.