Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog

The Olympian reports that two girls, ages 8 and 10 were injured in a chain-reaction 3-car accident on Interstate 5 in Chehalis around 3pm on Friday.

According to the report, a Toyota Prius driven by a Vancouver man, age 27, failed to stop for slowed traffic and rear ended a Toyota Camry driven by a Orting man, age 64, which then rear-ended a Mercury Sable driven by a Shelton man, age 70.

Two girls, who were passengers in the Toyota Camry driven by the Orting man, were taken to Centralia Providence Hospital for possible neck injuries.

According to the Washington State Patrol, the driver was Prius faces charges for driver inattention and following too closely.

Washington State vehicle code RCW 46.61.145 -- Following Too Closely -- states that a driver shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent with regards to the speed of the preceding vehicle and the prevailing traffic and road conditions.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents including whiplash injuries. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Six people were injured when two pickup trucks collided this afternoon in Grant County.

According to a report in the Yakima Herald.com, Darin E. Clifford, 44, of Tucson, Arizona was driving a 2006 GMC pickup truck south on State Route 17 when he failed to stop at a stop sign at State Route 28 and collided with a Chevrolet pickup truck driven by John J. Heston, 33, of Ephrata.

Clifford was taken to Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata for treatment of cuts and bruises. His passenger, Clifford A. Thomas, 15, of Selah suffered serious injures including internal injuries, head injuries and possibly two broken legs. Thomas was taken to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.

Heston was taken to Columbia Basin Hospital with neck, back and chest pain. Three passengers in his truck were children ages 5, 7 and 8; they were taken to Columbia Basin hospital for treatment of neck and chest injuries.

The report said that drugs or alcohol were not involved in the accident but Clifford may be cited for negligent driving.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Lavonne L. Nakano, 40, of Bucoda was injured when the car she was driving was rear ended on Interstate 5 near Castle Rock. Nakano was taken to St. Johns Hospital for treatment of back and neck injuries after the accident.

Nakano had stopped for a lane closure near mile post 48 when she was rear ended by a Lexus driven by Cathy Burns of Mercer Island report Tacoma's The News Tribune.

Burns may be cited for negligent driving. The report did not mention whether driver distraction was a factor in the accident.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accident including those with hyperflexion/hyperextension, commonly called whiplash.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

We often get asked the question whether it is possible for someone to get a whiplash injury in a low speed car accident. Some times insurance companies balk at paying out on an insurance claim for a whiplash injury when the car accident was described as a fender bender, there were no skid marks or the damage to the vehicles involved is not that substantial. However, one cannot equate the damage to a motor vehicle to a person. Indeed people can and do suffer whiplash injuries which require treatment in low speed car accidents.

One study published on the National Institute of Health web-site showed that biodynamic stresses which cause slight to moderate vehicle damage may be high enough to cause injuries. Low speed car accidents of just a few miles per hour can be severe enough to cause hyperflexion of the cervical spine and even accidents involving bumper cars at an amusement park have been known to cause whiplash injury.

One should never let an insurance company say that a person is not injured by looking at the physical evidence on a vehicle. A diagnosis by a qualified physician based on standards of orthopedic neurological testing should be sufficient.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have suffered whiplash injuries in a motor vehicle accident. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including treatment costs and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

See our Whiplash Injuries Resources.

A Washington State Patrol trooper was injured when his patrol car hit a jersey barrier on the northbound Interstate 705 near Interstate 5 in Tacoma this morning. The trooper suffered neck and back injuries in the car accident.

According to a report in The Olympian, the trooper was traveling at high speed while pursuing a stolen vehicle. Apparently he lost control of his vehicle on the icy road.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that a Seattle police detective suffered possible head and neck injuries after a drunken driver pulled out in front of him, causing a car accident in downtown Seattle.

According to the report, the officer was driving to work in his personal car around 2:56am on Pine Street when the car accident occurred.

The officer was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

The driver of the SUV was given a field sobriety test and then arrested for possible DUI. Washington vehicle code RCW 46.61.502, "Driving under the Influence", prescribes that a person is under the influence if they have an alcohol concentration of 0.08% of higher. A person who drives under the influence of alcohol or drugs can be charged with a Class C felony.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents. We aggressive represent victims of drunken drivers and help them obtain compensation they are entitled to for their damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Washington State Patrol trooper, Joshua Jackson of Lake Stevens, suffered neck and back injuries when his patrol car was rear-ended by a car driven by a 21-year-old Lynnwood woman on Intersatte 405 in Bothell.

According to a report in The Seattle Times, the car accident occurred on Wednesday night; Rain and excessive speed may have been factorst.

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Victims of rear-end car accidents often suffer an injury commonly called "whiplash." Though "whiplash" is not a medical term, it is common term for a hyperflexion/hyperextension injury. Symptoms can include pain and tenderness in the back and necks, migraines, spasms in the neck and shooting pain or numbness in the arms or fingers. Treatment can include muscle relaxants, ice therapy, cervical collars as well as anti-inflammatory medications and massage.

It is hard to predict how long a whiplash injury will last but up to 20% of people with the injury take more than two years to heal.

If you or a loved one has received a whiplash injury in a car accident, you should contact a personal injury attorney. The personal injury attorneys at The Farber Law Group will advise you when your claim should be settled keeping in mind your injuries and future medical needs. We will take your whiplash injuries seriously

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Three Metro bus riders were injured, including the bus driver when a speeding car ran a red light and hit a Metro bus in the Belltown area of Seattle around 4:10pm on Saturday reports KOMO News.com.

The motor vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Third Avenue and Wall street. The bus was on Route No. 16 from the Colman Dock ferry terminal headed to the Northgate Mall.

The injured bus passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. The report said their injuries did not appear to be serious. The driver of the car sustained minor injuries.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, including those with whiplash injuries. With our help, you may recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Automobile manufacturers keep making safety improvement to cars and that is a huge factor in the decrease in car accident fatalities per mile driven over the past five years. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety usually does crash tests on 4-door car models because of the requirements for safety for family use cars. They decided to test five 2-door car models to see how they hold up in crash tests because not all the data from 4-door cars pertain to 2-door cars.

The IIHS tested four small cars and one mid-size car:

• Chevrolet Cobalt
• Ford Focus
• Honda Civic
• Scion tC
• Volvo C30

Ratings

There are four ratings give for each crash test: Good, Acceptable, Marginal or Poor. Of the five cars that they tested, all received an Acceptable or better in the three types of crash tests. Of the cars tested, the Volvo and the Ford received the "Top Safety Pick" and all the other vehicles were rated Acceptable or better.

Frontal accident test

All five cars earned a Good in the frontal offset test. In 2007, here were 14,000 car accident fatalities due to frontal car accidents so this is a very important test.

Side impact accident test

Of the five cars tested, only the Ford and the Volvo received a Good rating while the other vehicles all received an Acceptable rating. Side impact car accidents are the second most common type of car accidents resulting in 8,000 people being killed in side impact car accidents in 2007.

The results of this test showed that the 4-door models do not always perform the same as the 2-door-models. The Honda Civic earned a Good when the 4-door model was tested and only an Acceptable with the 2-door model. The Ford Focus actually performed better on the side crash tests with the 2-door model than the 4-door model.

Rear end test

Whiplash injuries including neck sprain and strain are the number one car accident injury. Automakers have been working on the designs of seats and also the restraints to reduce whiplash injuries. In the rear end test, they test how the seats and restraints protect against injury in low-speed rear-end car accidents. They test a stationary vehicle being rear-ended by an SUV or pickup truck at 20mph.

In this test, all five of the cars tested were rated Good except the Scion tC which received an Acceptable rating.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent car accident victims and their families. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including medical costs and for pain and suffering.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Whiplash is a layman's term for a cervical sprain, cervical strain or a hyperextension injury. Other terms that describe this injury is acceleration flexion-extension neck injury, or neck strain. It refers to an injury to the soft tissues of a person's neck including muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Whiplash injuries can be mild with pain just lasting a few days or it can be a permanent and severe disability which causes limited range of motion or the head or the spine and chronic pain.

Whiplash can be a result of a motor vehicle accident, a fall, a sports injury or an assault. Whiplash can also occur on rides at amusement parks, as a result of being thrown off of a horse, or a fall from a bicycle or skateboard.

Whiplash is caused when a extraordinary force causes a person's neck to move beyond the neck's normal range of motion.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of a Whiplash Injury and is the most common car accident injury. Whiplash injuries can occur in high speed car accidents on freeways or even in parking lot "fender bender" accidents. There is not always a direct correlation between the speed and intensity of impact and the amount of injury to the victim. Even car accidents at low speeds can cause a Whiplash Injury to the passengers in a car.

Whiplash Causes

• car and motor vehicle accidents
  
• sports injuries, most common in contact sports
  
• a blow to the head by a falling object
  
• being thrown off a horse
  
• skiing accident
  
• physical assault
  
• chronic stress or repetitive injuries including holding ones head a certain way to do a job or hold a phone.
  
• abuse of a child or person -- a shaking injury.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Symptoms of Whiplash may occur immediately after the injury or sometimes they do not occur for a few hours, days or weeks. Generally, the sooner the symptoms occur, the more severe the injury is. However, in car accident cases, accident victims may feel "ok" immediately after the accident because of adrenalin and stress caused by the accident which masks the initial pain.Symptoms can include a combination of the following:

• limited range of motion in the neck and head
  
• pain in the neck
  
• tenderness to the neck
  
• headaches and migraines
  
• muscle spasms in the neck
  
• shooting pain in the arms and shoulders emanating from the neck.
  
• numbness or tingling in the arms or fingers.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

You should see a physician for a Whiplash Injury immediately following your accident. Do not hesitate to go to the Emergency Room or to call 911 to be taken to the Emergency Room. A medic team will support your neck and brace it with a cervical collar so that you can be safely transported.

You should not diagnose your injury yourself. Traumatic brain injuries, concussions and spinal cord injuries need to be diagnosed by a physician.

In the case of sports injuries, falls or less severe car accidents, the Emergency medics may not be called so phone your own personal doctor and ask to be seen as soon as possible. You should phone 911 if immediately if you experience any of the following immediately following your accident:

• neck pain
  
• dizziness
  
• head pain
  
• pain in the arms or legs, tingling in the limbs or loss of unction
  
• shoulder pain

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

If you are in an accident which requires a trip to the hospital or physician and ongoing medical care, including follow up care with a physical therapist, you should contact a personal injury attorney. Often, insurance companies coerce accident victims to settle their accident case before Whiplash symptoms are gone. The insurance company is trying to protect their own liability and do not have your best interests at heart.

A personal injury attorney specializes in representing accident victims and will work to make sure your rights are protected, that your treatment and care is properly documented and that you receive compensation for your medical costs, loss of wages and pain and suffering.
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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

How do doctors diagnosis a Whiplash Injury after a car accident? A diagnosis is made by obtaining a patient histroy, performing a head and neck exam and taking x-rays to rule out other conditions or injuries such as bone fractures.

Accident victims with possible neck, back or brain injuries are transported from the accident scene,with a cervical collar in place around your neck to insure your head and neck remain immobile while you are being transported.

Once you arrive to the hospital, x-rays will be taken if you have muscle weakness, soreness in the back of your neck, or if your consciousness seems impaired.

The physician will conduct tests to to determine if your spinal cord is damaged by testing the physical strength of your limbs, sensation to touch in various areas of your body and checking your reflexes.

If your x-rays are normal, you may not be required to wear a cervical collar. However, if it appears that there may be a serious injury or fracture, a CT Scan or MRI may be required.

If doctors do not detect a serious injury, they may release you to go home and recommend follow-up care. If you experience symptoms including:

• Fatigue
  
• Shoulder or arm pain
  
• Back pain
  
• Blurred vision
  
• Headache
  
• Neck pain
  
• Irritability

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Whiplash treatments seek to reduce inflammation and pain to the soft tissues of the neck due to the accident.

Treatment may include:

• immobilization of the neck with a cervical collar for a few weeks
  
• application of ice therapy
  
• decreased activity
  
• prescription of an anti-inflammatory medication
  
• prescription of a pain medication.
  
• prescription of muscle relaxants
  
• rest
  
• neck massage
  
• range of motion exercises
  
• cervical traction
  
• heat application

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

You should not settle your car accident and Whiplash Injury claim until you are free of symptoms and your treatment plan is completed.

Your personal injury attorney can best recommend when a claim should be settled, keeping in mind your injuries, your best interests and future medical needs.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

There is no real predictor of how long a Whiplash Injury will continue to impact ones life. Some people recover within six weeks of their accident. Other people slowly recover with therapy and treatment over the course of a year. Approximately 18% do not recover for two years or more.

Some people are permanently disabled from Whiplash Injury with limited movement of their head and spine and experience chronic pain.

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If you or a loved one has suffered a Whiplash Injury, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in representing car accident victims with Whiplash Injuries. With the help of The Farber Law Group, with more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest, we may be able to help you recover compensation for your injuries including medical costs, lost wages and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.