After all the news footage we've reviewed recently, I was not really shocked to see a BBC news story expressing concern about several British banks which have apparently failed to secure confidential customer information. The difference in this story which caught my eye was that this time, the problems had nothing to do with computer security.This time the story related to confidential written...
If you have purchased a Britax Child Safety Seat produced from October 31, 2003, through June 6, 2004, there is a serious risk of injury or death due to a defect.NHTSA Recalls Britax Child Safety SeatThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is recalling the "Companion" rear-facing, infant-only child safety seat (Model E9L14).In a crash, the carrier may fail, resulting in...
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,...
A 19-year-old woman who was struck by a car outside Edmonds Community College remains hospitalized in Seattle on Saturday. Anna Vinokurova of Lynnwood has been upgraded from critical to serious condition at Harborview Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.Ms. Vinokurova has claims both under the driver's PIP (personal injury protection) policy and also a personal injury claim that can be...
A Grayland woman who was driving when her car crashed into a power pole last year, killing her son, had methamphetamine in her system at the time, according to charging documents filed in Grays Harbor Superior Court. Julie Ann Fenwick, 47, made her first appearance in court at Montesano Monday after being charged with vehicular homicide for the July 29, 2005, accident that killed her...
On October 25, 2006 two women were seriously injured. They were both pedestrians. One was 19 and the other was 43 years old. Both were treated at Harborview in Seattle.The accidents were blamed on bad weather. But drivers need to adjust their driving when the weather makes visibility difficult. The pedestrians can make both personal injury claims against the drivers under their liability...
An accident involving a dump truck and a pickup closed Highway 2 in both directions between Everett and SnohomishA 51-year-old Snohomish man, Gregory Solberg, who had been driving the pickup, was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries. The dump truck was headed eastbound on Highway 2 when it struck the pickup, which was attempting to enter Highway 2...
Historically, courts have held that a cruise line is not liable for the malpractice of the ship's doctor or nurses. Passenger tickets will often purport that doctors and nurses are independent contractors for which the ship disclaims liability.But a couple of recent Florida cases have changed the tide holding that the cruise line is liable. Judges have explained "where a ship's physician is in...
RSDS or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome is an abnormality of the central nervous system which often results from relatively minor trauma. It is also known by many other terms including causalgia, Sudeck's atrophy, complex regional pain syndrome and shoulder-hand syndrome.Whatever name it is called by, the main symptom is a severe burning pain often accompanied by limited movement of an...
The company that manufactured a magnetic toy blamed in the death of a 22-month-old Redmond boy settled lawsuits Wednesday with his parents and 13 other families for $13.5 million.A personal injury or products liability claim should be considered any time a child is injured or dies. Of course some accidents just happen. But for those incidents that could have been avoided, compensation should...