Online social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, are wonderful social tools for keeping up with friends and family. Yet for injured accident victims, they could become a real threat to your personal injury case. Insurance companies will often crawl social networking sites to uncover evidence to defeat your claim. Knowing what to post and […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-05-07 16:00:092021-01-20 10:54:15How A Facebook Post Could Ruin Your Personal Injury Case
The manner in which a claimant handles a pre-existing condition can greatly affect the outcome of an injury claim. It is imperative that clients disclose all previous injuries to their attorney at the beginning of any casework. Failure to disclose this information can discredit the plaintiff’s word and drastically reduce the value of the overall […]
Many studies over the years have pointed to the potential dangers of using cell phones while driving. Now, a recent study confirms that texting, dialing, or reaching for a cell phone while driving significantly increases the likelihood of an accident. Researchers installed video cameras, GPS devices, lane trackers, and tools to measure speed and acceleration, […]
What is Liability? Liability is one of the most significant words in the field of law. It means legal responsibility for one’s actions or omissions. If a person or entity fails to fulfill that responsibility, they have left themselves vulnerable to a lawsuit for the resulting damages or, as in a violation of statute or […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-04-30 11:30:002021-01-20 12:01:37What is Liability and How it is Determined?
Your employer is not legally allowed to discriminate or retaliate against you for filing a workplace injury claim, saying that you are going to file a claim, or for seeking all of the workers’ compensation benefits to which you are entitled under Washington State law. Examples of discrimination or retaliation by an employer may include: […]
A recently released study estimates that 24,000 children annually, 66 per day, require emergency room care for injuries sustained as a result of shopping cart-related accidents. The study, carried out by Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, looked at shopping cart-related injuries to children from […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-04-28 18:00:162021-01-20 11:26:02Shopping Cart Injuries are Greater than Many Believe
Like most states, Washington has its own laws specifically governing wrongful death claims. In Washington, a case qualifies under “wrongful death” statute when “the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another.” One way to look at a wrongful death is as a personal injury lawsuit that is […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-04-28 16:35:262021-01-20 12:05:15Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Helmet use has consistently been shown to reduce motorcycle crash-related deaths and injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed 2008-2010 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a census of fatal traffic crashes in the U.S. Economic data was also obtained from NHTSA to compare […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-04-24 16:33:152021-01-20 11:13:35Motorcycle Helmet Use Reduces Brain Injuries and Costs to Society
Most of us will automatically set our clocks ahead one hour in observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and besides feeling a little sleepy the next morning, we won’t give it a second thought. However, adjusting your clock on Saturday night or Sunday morning could leave you with a 40-60 minute sleep deficit by Monday […]
https://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svg00Austin Camphttps://www.justiceforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillips-lawfirm-logo.svgAustin Camp2014-04-18 16:08:462021-01-20 11:23:15Risks of Daylight Savings Time
Washington State law now allows certain injured workers, their employers, and L&I to permanently settle the non-medical portion of a worker’s comp claim in exchange for an agreed structured payment plan. In most structured settlements, the claim is closed and the worker receives fixed payments over a period of time as laid out in the […]
How A Facebook Post Could Ruin Your Personal Injury Case
Categories: Personal Injury
Online social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, are wonderful social tools for keeping up with friends and family. Yet for injured accident victims, they could become a real threat to your personal injury case. Insurance companies will often crawl social networking sites to uncover evidence to defeat your claim. Knowing what to post and […]
How Do Pre-existing Injuries Affect Your Injury Claim?
Categories: Car Accidents, Personal Injury
The manner in which a claimant handles a pre-existing condition can greatly affect the outcome of an injury claim. It is imperative that clients disclose all previous injuries to their attorney at the beginning of any casework. Failure to disclose this information can discredit the plaintiff’s word and drastically reduce the value of the overall […]
Studies Confirm Texting and Dialing Distracts Drivers
Categories: Personal Injury
Many studies over the years have pointed to the potential dangers of using cell phones while driving. Now, a recent study confirms that texting, dialing, or reaching for a cell phone while driving significantly increases the likelihood of an accident. Researchers installed video cameras, GPS devices, lane trackers, and tools to measure speed and acceleration, […]
What is Liability and How it is Determined?
Categories: Personal Injury
What is Liability? Liability is one of the most significant words in the field of law. It means legal responsibility for one’s actions or omissions. If a person or entity fails to fulfill that responsibility, they have left themselves vulnerable to a lawsuit for the resulting damages or, as in a violation of statute or […]
Employer Discrimination and Workers’ Compensation
Categories: Employee Rights, Workers Comp
Your employer is not legally allowed to discriminate or retaliate against you for filing a workplace injury claim, saying that you are going to file a claim, or for seeking all of the workers’ compensation benefits to which you are entitled under Washington State law. Examples of discrimination or retaliation by an employer may include: […]
Shopping Cart Injuries are Greater than Many Believe
Categories: Personal Injury
A recently released study estimates that 24,000 children annually, 66 per day, require emergency room care for injuries sustained as a result of shopping cart-related accidents. The study, carried out by Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, looked at shopping cart-related injuries to children from […]
Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Categories: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
Like most states, Washington has its own laws specifically governing wrongful death claims. In Washington, a case qualifies under “wrongful death” statute when “the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another.” One way to look at a wrongful death is as a personal injury lawsuit that is […]
Motorcycle Helmet Use Reduces Brain Injuries and Costs to Society
Categories: Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury
Helmet use has consistently been shown to reduce motorcycle crash-related deaths and injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed 2008-2010 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a census of fatal traffic crashes in the U.S. Economic data was also obtained from NHTSA to compare […]
Risks of Daylight Savings Time
Categories: Personal Injury
Most of us will automatically set our clocks ahead one hour in observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and besides feeling a little sleepy the next morning, we won’t give it a second thought. However, adjusting your clock on Saturday night or Sunday morning could leave you with a 40-60 minute sleep deficit by Monday […]
Structured Settlement Agreements and Worker’s Compensation
Categories: Workers Comp
Washington State law now allows certain injured workers, their employers, and L&I to permanently settle the non-medical portion of a worker’s comp claim in exchange for an agreed structured payment plan. In most structured settlements, the claim is closed and the worker receives fixed payments over a period of time as laid out in the […]