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Do I Have a Personal Injury Claim?

A personal injury claim arises when one person suffers bodily harm, and someone else is legally responsible for that harm. If you've been injured in an accident, you may be wondering if you have a personal injury claim. Personal injury claims are typically based on the legal concept of negligence, which means that someone failed to take reasonable care to prevent harm to another person.  &nbs...
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Do You Have the Right Auto Insurance Coverage?

For most people, auto insurance is nothing more than annoying annual bill that they are required by law to have and they assume that if they have "full coverage" they won't have to worry about everything being taken care if they are ever in a collision. Unfortunately, auto insurance is a more complicated than that. Many injured victims of auto collisions are surprised to learn that their "full cov...
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Winter is Coming! Is Your Car Ready?

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR CAR FOR A WINTER STORM Winter driving conditions are dangerous and your chances of being injured in a snow related auto incident are greatly increased. Snow and ice reduce pavement friction and vehicle maneuverability causing increased risk of crashes. Every year nearly 900 people are killed and nearly 76,000 people are injured during snowfall or sleet according to the U...
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Who Has the Right of Way at an Intersection?

The rules of the road are a set of laws intended to keep travelers on Washington roads safe. However, I am guessing, like most people, the last time you browsed this riveting piece of content was sometime around your first driving test at 16 years old. If this is the case for you, it is time to brush up on one of the most important rules of the road - who has the right of way at an intersection?&n...
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Head-on Collisions Cause 58% of All Vehicle Occupant Fatalities

At about 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, part of Evergreen Way in Everett was shut down during the morning commute as two drivers were involved in a head-on collision. Both drivers had to be extricated from the severely damaged vehicles by emergency personnel and were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries.  Fortunately for these two drivers, no one was killed...
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