Miscellaneous

• Kitsap Naval Base Injury Highlights Safety Issues

  Michael Myers | November 25, 2009 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Almost all construction site injuries are preventable. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has promulgated an extensive and detailed set of rules regarding construction site safety....

• Animal attacks

  Don Jacobs | November 19, 2009 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Who out there isn’t a dog lover? America seems to have a love affair with pets. Pet food and supply stores have become national chains occupying huge warehouse stores set up to supply us with...

• 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...

• Private Health Insurance Profits Soar

  Don Jacobs | January 29, 2008 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Health insurance is expensive. Small business people are especially hurt by the rising costs to cover employees. And good luck finding affordable coverage if you are self employed. The rates for self employed even healthy people are sobering. So it must mean that health insurance companies are struggling right? They keep raising the rates and finding more and more conditions they don't...

• Inflatable Playground Accident Claims Toddler

  Ryan Nute | December 17, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  A 3-year old boy from Longview died Saturday after two adults fell on him at the Hoppin' Houses indoor playground in Castle Rock, Washington. The boy, named Jacob, was at a birthday party for a relative and was playing in the area that features inflatable slides and obstacle courses. The details of the accident remain unclear but it is known that two bouncing adults landed on top of the boy...

• More Hit and Run Collisions...This Time Bike Versus Pedestrian

  Michael Myers | November 25, 2009 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  One of the attorneys in our office rides his bike to work every day. He doesn't own a car. He has some pretty strong opinions about Seattle drives (especially bus drivers). But drivers aren't the...

• Is My Case Going to Court?

  Michael Myers | September 28, 2009 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Court Rule 3 deals with commencement of a civil action. (Personal injury cases are civil actions.) The text of the Rule reads: (a) Methods. Except as provided in rule 4.1, a civil action is ...

• Snowboarder Dies of Suffocation on Mount Baker

  Michael Myers | January 16, 2006 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Matthew Aaron Chase, a 31-year old Bellingham man, died while snowboarding last Monday at the Mount Baker Ski Area. Mr. Chase, an expert snowboarder, was riding with a friend on an advanced-level run known as The Chute when he lost contact around 12:00 p.m. Mount Baker patrollers ultimately located Mr. Chase’s body at the base of a 15 foot rock wall seven hours later. He was upside down and...

• Civil Rule No. 2 (Boring)/Civil Rule 2A (At the Center of Numerous Conflicts)

  Michael Myers | January 31, 2009 9:23 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Civil Rule 2 is probably the least interesting out of the 86 Civil Rules. It reads: There shall be one form of action to be known as civil action. Wow. Fortunately there is also Civil...

• Dentist Won Money From Insurance Company Over Tusk Prank

  Jenny Albano | July 27, 2007 3:38 PM | 1 CommentOlympia, WA

  An oral surgeon who played a prank on his assistant by implanting fake boar tusks in her mouth, won $750,000 from his insurance company after the state Supreme Court sided with the dentist.Dr. Robert Woo put fake boar tusks in his assistant's mouth while she was under anesthesia for another procedure. The doctor took pictures of her with the tusks in and then removed them before the women woke...