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Landowners are under a common law duty to prevent artificial conditions on their land from being unreasonably dangerous to travelers on the adjacent roadways. They must also maintain the natural conditions on their property so as not to foreseeably cause injury to those using the adjacent roads. Accident Injuries On…
A municipality’s duty to provide reasonably safe roads includes the duty to safeguard against inherently dangerous or misleading conditions. This means that the absence of road signs warning of curves ahead is a factor relevant to deciding if the municipality is negligent. Who Is Liable When Road Signs Are Absent?…
Hello my name is Attorney Spencer Parr. I'm a worker’s compensation attorney in the State of Washington. I'm a 16-year workers compensation attorney, co-founder of Washington Law Center, one of the biggest workers compensation firms in the state. Today I want to talk to you about Pro Se Claimant Litigation.
The frequency with which roads must be updated by a municipality to address road safety concerns is a common one. A city’s obligation to maintain a roadway in a reasonably safe condition does not include a duty to update every road and roadway structure to modern standards. Where a plaintiff…
When is a Municipality Liable for a Car Accident? Municipalities are generally held to the same negligence standards as private parties. A municipality owes a duty to all travelers, whether they are themselves negligent or fault-free, to maintain its roadways in a condition that is reasonably safe for ordinary travel.…
How Should Physicians and Patients Interpret Persistent Low Back Pain in the Absence of Positive MRI Findings? Is a Delayed-Emergent Disc Herniation to Blame? A sprain/strain injury of the lumbar spine can result in delayed-emergent disc herniation via the mechanism of accelerated degenerative disc disease. The lumbar spine is supported…
The AMA Guides are widely used by IME physicians who consistently testify on behalf of defense interests in workers’ compensation matters. By contrast, Washington Law Center indicates that this publication has fallen into general disrepute by those who represent injured workers as well as advocates of efficient workers’ compensation schemes.…
Yes, all of the documents, pleadings, exhibits and testimony transcripts in a workers’ compensation trial will typically be available to anyone who requests copies or does a competent internet search, unless a very narrow exception exists where the court finds there is a compelling reason to seal your trial record.…
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Who Can Propose a CRSSA Settlement? Any party to an L&I claim may propose that a CRSSA settlement be considered, but only if the injured worker will have reached the age of 50 as of the time the settlement contracts are submitted for review to the Board of Industrial Insurance…