Andrew Ackley and his team at the Stritmatter Firm filed a wrongful death lawsuit against EzriCare, the brand name of eye drops recalled due to contamination with treatment-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Seattle car accident deaths continue to rise to levels not seen in more than a decade. Pedestrians and bicyclists are particularly at risk for personal injury and death in areas of inadequate crossing zones and bike lanes. Speeding, driving under the influence, and other risky behavior also continue to trend upward since the pandemic began.
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The Seattle Times Mike Reicher reports that on Saturday May 14 a military veteran participating in a civilian Scuba dive class drowned in American Lake on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
As a PADI Scuba Divemaster and a wrongful death lawyer, I’ve handled and investigated a number of Scuba death cases .
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I just filed a wrongful death lawsuit in one of the most tragic cases I’ve ever had, along with co-counsel Ronaldo Delgado. Fifteen-year-old Gisella Morales was riding in the front passenger seat on State Route 24 in Grant County…
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Wrongful death claims are unlike any other personal injury lawsuits. There are special rules at every stage, dealing with the nature of the claims, who can bring them, and ethical issues involved.
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Because HaRam Kim was a single adult with no children, just starting her life in college, and because her parents did not live in the United States, the loss of her as a person is worth nothing under current Washington law. In contrast, the sons of Claudia Derschmidt, killed on the same bus and in the same crash, could make a claim for the loss of their mother.
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That is what I told the Washington State House Judiciary Committee yesterday. Washington’s wrongful death laws are some of the worst in the country. There is generally no wrongful death claim for the death of an unmarried adult without children, so for example, most young people just starting out their lives.
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