Miscellaneous

• Contingent Fee Attorneys Worth Over $1,000 Per Hour in Some Markets

  Michael Myers | December 09, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The National Law Journal recently came out with information about the billing rates charged by attorneys. Firms accross the country averaged $350 an hour. But the most expensive firms charged...

• Overturned Bus Highlights Maria's Law

  Michael Myers | November 30, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As many of you saw on the news, a bus carrying the Bellevue High School Football team overturned this weekend. The cause of the accident was an improperly secured ladder. This incident highlights...

• Servers and Bartenders Underpaid--Pooled Tips Partially to Blame

  Michael Myers | November 30, 2008 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  We are seeing more and more cases involving unpaid wages. Along those lines an interesting case out of Texas called Bernal v. Vankar Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Bernal worked at a series of Texas bars....

• Unpaid Wages--Rights and Remedies

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2008 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Happy Thanksgiving! Or at least it's a happy Thanksgiving for people who still have their jobs. But this Thanksgiving a lot of people have lost their jobs. And even worse, a lot of people haven't...

• American Safari Cruises--Smaller Vessels, Smaller Fleet, Same Issues

  Michael Myers | November 09, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  American Safari Cruises began operations in 1997. At that point it had one (leased) yacht. Over the past ten years American Safari has expanded. It now has four upscale mega-yachts and has expanded...

• Holland America's One Year "Statute of Limitations" Upheld

  Michael Myers | November 09, 2008 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  I've made frequent reference in this blog to Holland America's requirement that injured passengers must (1) make written claims within six months and (2) file suit within one year of their injuries....

• Foreseeability and Medical Negligence Redux--Holland America on the Hook

  Michael Myers | November 03, 2008 7:28 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  I received a comment from a local emergency room physician about the scope of foreseeability (espeically as it pertained to medical negligence). The basic rule of liability for harm resulting from...

• Medical Negligence in Port--Holland America May be Responsible

  Michael Myers | November 01, 2008 6:49 PM | 1 CommentTacoma, WA

  We recently communicated with a family who suffered a tragedy. Their mother slipped and fell on a Holland America vessel. Treatement was provided at a hospital located at the next port city....

• Uninsured motorist claims and Oregon workers compensation

  Don Jacobs | October 26, 2008 7:24 PM | 1 CommentVancouver, WA

  Many people drive for a living. People injured on driving jobs in Oregon have a right to file a workers compensation claim. The claim, in theory, will pay for all medical care and a portion of their...

• US financial meltdown and tort reform

  Don Jacobs | October 12, 2008 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  An interesting article in last Friday’s Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper detailed the history of the subprime loan mess and the greed that consumed the banking and mortgage industry. It...