Washington Injury Law Blog

The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Panel has openings for biking enthusiatists who are willing to help advise the city of Seattle in its Bicycle Master Plan and other related bicycling matters.  Volunteers must live within the Seattle city limits and agree to a 2 year term of service.

If interested you are asked to send a letter and resume to Douglas.Cox@Seattle.gov or mail to Doug Cox, Seattle Sept. of transportation, 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3900, PO Box 34996, Seattle, WA 98124.  Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2009.

This is a great opportunity for you to make a difference in establishing Seattle as the friendliest palce in the country to ride a bike.

Mr. Noble drove the wrong way down I-5 on January 18, 2009 and caused a violent car accident that resulted in the serious injury of two women.  He is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge today stemming from that car accident and DUI.   Mr. Noble had a blood alcohol level of 0.22, which is almost three times the legal limit of 0.08.

The two women suffered broken bones in the car accident and Mr. Noble also suffered serious injuries.  Mr. Noble will likely plead guilty to vehicular assault that carries a 3 to 9 month jail sentence for first time offenders.

At 5:00 a.m. 19 year-old Amanada Young was driving on Highway 167 in Puyallop, Washington with a 14 year-old girl as a passenger when she veared into the oncoming lanes of traffic.  Thge resulting car accident was horrific.  The 1987 Mercedes Amanda was driving was splint in two ejecting her and her passenger from the car. Ammanda was found dead and her passenger was to Children’s Hopistal in tacoma.

One car hit by the Mercedes was driven by Kenneth Harter, of Buckley, who also suffered critical injuries and was taken to Tacoma General Hospital.  A second car hit by the Mercedes was driven by Jacob D. Jones, of Bonney Lake, who received minor injuries.

It sounds like Amanda fell asleep at the wheel and crossed into on coming traffic.  Fatigue is one of the biggest causes of car accident fatalities.  If you find yourself falling a sleep at the wheel, pull over and take a quick 15 minute nap.  It may just save your life and that of the drivers on the road with you.

Max Meyers, Esq.

A Spokane Washington grandfather, Robin Scholz, was riding his Harley Davidson with his 9 year-old granddaughter Nehalah May as a passenger on Sunday afternoon.  As they road down Highway 195 south of Spokane 89 year-old Easter Westlund approached from the other direction and turned left in front of the motorcycle. Ms. Westlund failed to see the motorcycle and cut it off. Mr. Scholz had no time to stop or maneuver his motorcycle and crashed into the car.

Nehalah May died from her motorcycle accident related injuries and her grandfather is in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Negligent driving took the life of an innocent child.

All too often the motorcycle rider dies as a result of a serious motorcycle accident with a car. Nehalah’s family in this situation does have a wrongful death case against the car driver. However, nothing can bring back this little girl to her family.

My prayers go out to Nehalah’s family.

Max Meyers, Esq.

Source: KXLY TV report 5.11.09

This is a new one for me as a urban based Car Accident Lawyer here in Kirkland, Washington.  A report out of the Yakima Herald details how a local farmer, Ramon Camacho, was driving his tractor while pulling a sprayer last night at about 9:30 p.m. on Clark Road in Yakima, Washington.  When a car suddenly smashed into the rear-end of the tractor seriously injuring the farmer driving the tractor.

The farmer was airlift to Harborview Medical Center trauma unit in Seattle for treatment of his critical injuries.  The car that rear-ended the tractor was a 2004 Ford Focus driven by Joy Douglus of Zillah, Washington, who was not injured in the crash.  The Ford Focus was destroyed in the accident and Ms. Douglas was arrested under investigation of vehicle assault and drunk driving.

The farmer Mr. Camacho is currently in the intesive care unit at Harborview.  My prayers will be with him for a full recovery from his injuries.

Max Meyers, Esq.