Case Results

Our client parked on a Seattle street and walked to the back of his car to throw away some trash. As he returned, his foot caught on a low, bent, and dislodged metal fence surrounding a street tree beside his parking spot — a hazard nearly invisible from a walking path. He fell hard onto the concrete, injuring his hip, wrist, and elbow, and was unable to bear weight. The fence had been left in that condition long enough that the responsible party knew or should have known of the danger. We recovered $550,000 on his behalf.

Our client was running on a public sidewalk with her dog when she tripped on a section of concrete pushed up by the roots of a tree on the abutting property, suffering back and wrist injuries. The uplift had developed over time, giving the responsible parties ample opportunity to discover and repair it. We recovered $400,000 on her behalf.

Our client slipped on a patch of ice at a store entryway during winter weather. There were no visible warnings, mats, or de-icing precautions at the entrance where customers were funneled in, even though morning ice accumulation there was predictable. We recovered $300,000 on his behalf.

Our client was riding a scooter when it struck loose concrete and asphalt in the roadway, throwing him off and causing a severe head injury. The entity responsible for the road had failed to maintain a safe travel surface. We recovered $275,000 on his behalf.

Our client fell on a stairway at about 6:00 p.m. The stairs were poorly designed and worn, and the lighting was inadequate — a combination that made the hazard effectively invisible to anyone using them. We recovered $221,000 on her behalf.

Our client, a letter carrier, followed the homeowner's posted sign directing packages to be delivered to a deck at the back of the home. Walking back across the wet, slippery deck she had been directed onto, she slipped and fell, badly injuring her shoulder. Having chosen the delivery path, the homeowner was responsible for keeping it reasonably safe. We recovered $220,000 on her behalf.

Our client was picking up a shipping container at a Seattle port terminal, where the rules require drivers to stay in the cab during loading. A terminal worker instead asked him to exit and help with a stuck latch, and while he was assisting, the container came down on his hand, crushing his thumb. The safety protocol violated was the very one designed to keep drivers out of the loading zone. We recovered $200,000 on his behalf.

Our client fell into a five-foot-deep cement window well that had been left uncovered with no barrier around it. Her face struck the cement wall, fracturing her upper jaw, breaking her two front teeth, and lacerating her chin. Street-view imagery from two years earlier showed a protective barrier had once been in place but had been allowed to deteriorate — evidence the owner knew of the hazard. We recovered $120,000 on her behalf.

Our client fell while coming down a poorly designed stairway at a school facility and immediately felt severe pain in her ankle. Unable to get up on her own, she waited until a custodian realized she needed help and called an ambulance. The stairway's design created a foreseeable fall hazard for lawful visitors. We recovered $110,000 on her behalf.

Our client slipped on grapes that had been dropped and left on a food court floor, falling hard. The spill had been reported to management, yet it was not cleaned up or marked in a reasonable time. We recovered $85,000 on her behalf.

Our client was visiting her mother at a care facility when she slipped on a patch of ice in the entryway and fell, suffering a serious knee injury that required surgical repair. Overnight conditions made morning ice at the entry predictable, and the facility had failed to treat the walkway or warn visitors. We recovered $42,500 on her behalf.

Our client, a young child, was attacked by a dog and bitten in the face, suffering severe injuries. Under Washington law, a dog owner is strictly liable when their dog bites someone in a public place or while the person is lawfully on private property. We recovered $500,000 on the child's behalf.

Moments after our client, his wife, and their dog stepped off their boat at the Langley Marina, an unrestrained pit bull launched a sudden attack on them. Our client suffered severe injuries in the attack, and his dog was hurt as well. The dog's owner had brought an unrestrained animal into a busy public marina. We recovered $285,000 on his behalf.

Our client was delivering a package that required a signature at an Auburn home. As she handed the resident her device to sign, the resident's dog attacked her without warning or provocation, causing severe injuries. Washington's strict liability statute squarely covered the attack on a lawful visitor doing her job. We recovered $151,000 on her behalf.

Our client was walking on a public street in front of a home when the resident's dog ran out and attacked his right arm. Knocked to his left side in the attack, he suffered a broken arm. We recovered $79,000 on his behalf.

Our client was outside his vehicle on Military Road South, speaking with the driver in front of him after a minor collision, when a third driver struck the scene and pinned his leg between the two cars. He lost the leg as a result. We recovered $5 million on his behalf.

A Kent family lost a father and his adult daughter when a truck struck their vehicle head-on near Othello, Washington. We represented the family in two wrongful death claims and recovered $3.9 million.

A Bonney Lake construction worker suffered partial paralysis from the waist down after scaffolding collapsed beneath him on a Portland-area job site. The scaffolding had been improperly assembled and maintained by a third-party company. We recovered $1.9 million on his behalf.

A Seattle-area couple was struck by a logging truck near Coos Bay, Oregon while returning from a trip to the coast. The husband was killed and the wife suffered physical and emotional injuries. We pursued a wrongful death claim and a separate personal injury claim, recovering a combined $1.5 million.

Our client was T-boned at a Kent intersection and suffered multiple leg and pelvic fractures, requiring an extended stay at Harborview Medical Center. We secured a policy limits settlement of $1.3 million to cover his medical care and long road back to recovery.

A motorcyclist was riding on a road near Redmond when a car ahead of him pulled an illegal U-turn directly into his path, sending him off the bike. He suffered pelvic fractures along with injuries to his back and wrist. We recovered $1 million for him.

A Kent resident suffered a fractured pelvis and femur after another driver failed to yield and T-boned his vehicle at the intersection of 202nd and 84th in Kent. The injuries kept him out of work for months. We recovered $600,000 to cover his medical costs, lost wages, and long-term impact.