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• InjuryBoard member leads the fight to hold Southwest Airlines accountable for passenger poisoning

  James Cool | May 16, 2009 6:06 PM | 7 CommentsKing County, WA

  Injury Board attorney Alisa Brodkowitz recently appeared on Seattle’s King 5 local news (click for video) to discuss her Petition against Southwest Airlines on behalf of twin sisters poisoned...

• Tragedy in Thurston County--Marysville Redux for Cable Median Barriers?

  Michael Myers | October 05, 2008 11:12 PM | 6 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Sorrow in Thurston County this weekend. As reported in part by the Mason County Daily News: Two people were killed on Interstate 5 at Milepost 88 in Thurston County today after a passenger...

• Pet Food Recall--Cat and Dog Food Causes Kidney Failure and Death

  Michael Myers | March 10, 2007 10:18 PM | 6 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Menu Foods--with plants in the United States and Canada--has announced an extremely broad recall of cat and dog food (specifically, the "cuts and gravy" variety which dcomes in cans and small foil pouches). The recall covers over 60 million containers of wet pet food. The recall was announced after reports of kidney failure and at least 10 deaths.The pet food was sold by stores operated by...

• Alaska Airlines Uses Toxic Ethylene Glycol To Deice Its Aircraft

  Alisa Brodkowitz | January 01, 2009 2:26 PM | 5 CommentsKing County, WA

  After the events on December 24, 2008, where passengers on Alaska Airlines flight 528 were exposed to deicing fluid, many have inquired asking if Alaska uses Ethylene Glycol (more toxic) or...

• Airlines should be using GPS systems now.

  Richard Jones | June 16, 2009 6:06 PM | 4 CommentsKing County, WA

  If I call 911 I expect my cell phone to be able to tell law enforcement where I am. It is now possible, and inexpensive, to put tracking systems in a car, pet, or child. All this has been...

• Thoughts on Crash of US Airways Flight 1549

  Alisa Brodkowitz | January 15, 2009 8:25 PM | 4 CommentsKing County, WA

  This afternoon US Airways Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River. As soon as I heard the news I began to think about another US Airways Flight that crashed in New York in 1992, with deadly...

• Vanessa Taylor Dies in One Car Accident

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 5:00 PM | 4 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 21-year-old Oregon woman died at the scene of an early morning car crash Saturday in the 3800 block of Seabeck Highway near Calamity Lane Northwest. Vanessa Taylor, of Milwaukie, Ore., was riding in the passenger seat of a 1989 BMW 325 just after 2 a.m. when the driver, 21-year-old Joshua Demers of Silverdale, failed to make the curve near Camp Wesley Harris and drove off the edge of the road,...

• Vouchers for Victims of Continental Airlines Flight 1404

  Alisa Brodkowitz | December 23, 2008 11:59 AM | 3 CommentsKing County, WA

  Yesterday evening the Houston Chronicle published an article addressing vouchers provided by the airline to the passengers who survived the crash of Continental Airlines Flight 1404. Everyone who...

• The Imbalance of Balance Billing

  Don Jacobs | October 16, 2009 12:37 PM | 2 CommentsVancouver, WA

  A hallmark of fiscal responsibility is paying your bills in full and on time. The last thing you want, especially after an accident, is the added stress of a poor credit score or an...

• Why you should care about recorded statements

  Don Jacobs | May 28, 2009 9:42 PM | 2 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Time and time again people get involved in accidents and look to the other driver’s carrier to repair their damage and provide a rental car. Often the insurance company won’t agree...