Washington Injury Law Blog

I recently settled a Kirkland Washington Pedestrian Injury case involving a child for $190,000. my client a 10 year-old boy was hit while crossing the street in an unmarked crosswalk. He suffered a badly broken ankle which required surgery to repiar.

As Kirkland Pedestrian Accident attorney I have seen all too often the serious injuries suffered by pedstrian hit by cars. Thankfully, the Seattle Police are taking this issue seriously and stepping up efforts to enforce the law requiring vehicles to stop for pedstrians in crosswalks.

According to a report yesterday at the www.seattlepi.com, last Friday undercover Seattle police officers issued tickets to 53 drivers who failed to stop for the undercover officers who were walking across the street in a crosswalk. All in just one hour. Wow!

In 2007 six pedestrians were killed and 492 injured, according to a Seattle Department of Transportation report.

Drive safe and yield to pedestrian!

Max Meyers, Esq.