The GLP Attorneys teams throughout Washington State are proud to represent bicyclists in personal injury claims and litigation. We represent clients injured by negligent car drivers, as well as clients injured due to negligent road or trail design. We have legal teams based in Seattle, Tacoma, Burlington, Spokane, Wenatchee, Vancouver, the Tri-Cities, Port Orchard and […]
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GLP Attorneys represented a victim of an automobile collision in a case that was taken up on appeal to the Washington Court of Appeals in May 2018. Our client, Shannon Leahy, was dealing with her own auto insurer, State Farm, following a car crash. State Farm agreed she was not at fault, but then refused
This terrible accident on the freeway in Skagit County is the kind of thing that doesn’t happen unless drivers are not paying attention. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/1-killed-5-injured-in-interstate-5-crash-involving-several-cars-and-a-semitruck-in-skagit-county/
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After 10 years of fighting, the WSAJ, lobbyists, and families, finally prevailed in the legislature and passed a revision to the archaic wrongful death statute. The bill becomes law and is effective on July 28th 2019. The new law allows those who could not bring wrongful death claims for the loss of loved ones to
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Washington State has some of the best construction safety rules in the country. Tragic Incidents like this should not happen, if the rules are followed. A thorough investigation of the crane operator and general contractor are needed to get to the bottom of what happened. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fallen-crane-kills-four-in-south-lake-union-it-was-terrifying/
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Law enforcement is a crucial part of our society. Their jobs are dangerous and at times unforgiving. However, their actions can at times present very real danger to the public, especially in police chases. Under Washington law, police officers who are engaged in a chase of a suspect may ignore traffic laws but only if
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As more and more of our communities reach an age where nursing home care is needed, there is a growing realization that abuse and neglect of the elderly is reaching a crisis. Good legal advocacy for victims of abuse is one of the best ways to address the crisis, and make corporations that run these
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Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton wrote a great article on what happened to the Seattle-based Destination before disappeared in the Bering Sea. “The Seattle-based Destination went down without a mayday call two years ago this week, stunning a Bering Sea crabbing industry that appeared to have left its deadly legacy behind. A former crewman is
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UPDATE: Self-Driving Uber Kills a Pedestrian in Arizona—Who Will be Liable? On March 18, 2018 Elaine Herzberg became the first pedestrian death associated with self-driving cars, when she was hit by one of Uber’s autonomous test cars. Now, her surviving family members are suing the city of Tempe—claiming that the design of the median encouraged
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What is Insurance Bad Faith? When you buy insurance, you do it for the protection and security of yourself, your family, and your property. You buy an insurance contract, which is the insurance company’s promise to you to follow through on this guarantee of protection and security. Unfortunately, insurance companies do not always keep their
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