by James Lambka | Mar 28, 2018 | Washington Law
WOMAN KILLED IN HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT WHILE HELPING STRANDED MOTORIST On Thursday, March 15, 2018, Katie Phillips of Belfair was struck and killed while she was helping another motorist who had car trouble. It appears that the ferry worker was helping pour gasoline...
by James Lambka | Mar 2, 2018 | Children, Medical Info, Traumatic Brain Injuries
Washington state led the nation in the creation of laws to help provide guidance to coaches and clear standards designed to insure safety for students who are suspected of incurring a concussion. This law can be found at RCW 28A.600.190. It reads as follows: RCW...
by James Lambka | Feb 28, 2018 | Automobile Accidents, Injury Law
At a recent trial, one of our firm’s clients was found to be 20% at fault for causing an accident, and we thought this would be a good time to discuss uncontrolled intersections and how right of way does not always absolve a driver of at least partial responsibility...
by James Lambka | Jan 15, 2018 | Train Accidents
More details are coming out about the serious accident from December 18, 2017 where an Amtrak train derailed from a highway overpass near DuPont, Washington. The train was traveling at 78 miles per hour, more than twice the speed limit of the curve that the train was...
by James Lambka | Dec 5, 2017 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Slip & Fall, Traumatic Brain Injuries
National Public Radio authored a piece that covered Penn State Hershey’s development of a new test that measures genetic material in saliva to detect the existence of concussions in children. The results were almost 90 percent accurate. When concussed, the brain...
