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Eight months later and the trucking company still says its Kent driver was "off duty"

A commercial driver being "off the clock" does not automatically let the company off the hook, especially if the truck was still being used for company business around Kent.

ARTICLE by Doug Reznikov

i can't drive past that Yakima intersection without shaking and the truck data is disappearing

A bad crash can wreck your head as much as your body, and the trucking company's electronic data may vanish before you can use it.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nguyen

My neighbor said Medicare must pay first after an Everett crosswalk crash, true?

No. And that mistake can cost you money fast. For 2025, Medicare Part B premiums and cost-sharing went up again, which matters because Medicare is usually a secondary payer...

i got hit in Vancouver, the driver had no insurance, and now i'm terrified to even file

A Vancouver caregiver with a spinal cord injury can still pursue compensation through their own policy in Washington even if the at-fault driver is uninsured and immigration status is a major fear.

ARTICLE by Erik Lindquist

Your old MRI is their favorite excuse while the DUI case drags on

A DUI charge against the other driver helps, but it does not stop the insurer from blaming your back pain on an old MRI and dragging out the claim.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nguyen

The insurer has someone filming you in Renton - and it ties directly to your medical money

After a conveyor injury with no emergency shutoff, surveillance footage is usually about cutting your claim down - and for someone on Medicare, that can wreck the numbers fast.

ARTICLE by Meera Subramaniam

Missing the deadline could bury your Tacoma roof-fall claim

A postal worker in Tacoma may still have a case after a roof-opening fall, but once Washington's filing deadline is close, the room for error gets brutally small.

ARTICLE by Tyrell Jackson

My hand got mangled at work and now Seattle says the road defect crash "isn't their fault"

A Seattle meatpacking worker can usually get Washington L&I benefits for the hand injury, but a separate claim over a road-defect crash against the city, county, or state is a different fight with notice rules and a blame battle.

ARTICLE by Doug Reznikov

BAC legal limit

The maximum blood alcohol concentration the law allows for driving. "BAC" means blood alcohol concentration: the amount of alcohol in a person's bloodstream, usually measured...

Vancouver apartment stairs with no light and no handrail? Don't let the uninsured-driver excuse bury the real claim

A dark stairwell and missing handrail point to a premises claim against the apartment owner or manager, and an uninsured driver does not magically erase that.

ARTICLE by Erik Lindquist

how much is an Everett trench collapse claim worth if the driver had no insurance

A trench burial case in Everett can still be worth real money even if the driver who triggered the collapse had no insurance, because workers' comp is only one piece of it and the bigger targets are often the contractor and site companies.

ARTICLE by Brian Murphy

absorptive phase

Miss this idea after a crash or DUI stop, and a breath test can look more damning than you expect. The absorptive phase is the period after someone drinks alcohol but before...

Eighteen months after that Spokane jobsite death, the panic stays and the report blames me

A bad police report can poison an anxiety injury claim in Washington, but it does not get the final word on fault.

ARTICLE by Erik Lindquist

operating under the influence

Like trying to steer a boat through winter chop with a fogged windshield and a slow reaction time, operating under the influence means being in control of a vehicle, vessel, or...

my app was on, a beam hit me in Tacoma, and now everyone's blaming someone else

A Tacoma student doing a delivery gets hurt by debris from a demolition site, has no health insurance, and is getting the usual runaround about fault and coverage.

ARTICLE by Doug Reznikov

An adjuster says you were 60% at fault for a Bellevue rear-end crash - and the payout just collapsed

A retired driver in Bellevue got blamed for most of a highway rear-end crash, and now the insurer is using Washington's fault rules to carve up an SI joint injury claim.

ARTICLE by Janet Kwon

Is a Tacoma work injury claim worth it if a grain truck also caused it?

What the insurance company does not want you to know about this: yes, it can be worth it, because in Washington this may be a two-claim case, not just workers' comp. The...

Bellevue pothole crash last year, insurers still blame each other, did I wait too long?

It depends, but probably not if the crash was less than three years ago. In Washington, most injury and vehicle-damage claims have a 3-year deadline. The big catch is if...

misdemeanor DUI

A misdemeanor DUI is a criminal charge for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or both when the offense is treated as a lower-level crime than a felony, even though...

horizontal gaze nystagmus

The part that trips people up most is that this is not a breath test and it does not give a blood-alcohol number. It is an eye test used by police during a roadside field...