PERSONAL INJURY BLOG
Aug 2023
Woman Gets Pregnant After Clinic Mixes Up Birth Control Shot And Flu Shot: Lawsuit
A Seattle woman filed a lawsuit last week alleging that a health clinic mistakenly gave her a flu shot instead of a birth control injection, after which she got pregnant. Yesenia Pacheco went to a Neighborcare clinic in September for a routine shot of Depo-Provera, a hormonal form of birth control that she was scheduled…
Apr 2018
Maxwell Graham, PS Files Suit Against Island County, WA Over Multiple Fatal Car Accidents
[Camano Island, WA] On April 23rd, 2018, Michael Maxwell filed a lawsuit against Island County, Washington in the Snohomish County Superior Court, Complaint #18-2-03662-31, for damages resulting from catastrophic motor vehicle collisions on North Sunrise Boulevard on Camano Island. The lawsuit alleges that from 2005 through 2016, 19 incidents caused multiple life-altering, debilitating personal injuries…
Jan 2018
What To Do After A “Minor” Fender-Bender
Many people don’t know what to do after they are involved in a “minor” fender bender. First of all, I wouldn’t call a collision “minor” based solely on the property damage the vehicle sustained. The human body isn’t designed to be suddenly and forcefully jerked around and the property damage a vehicle sustained shouldn’t be…
Jan 2018
Winter Car Seat Safety Checklist
During these cold times of the year, parents want to make sure their children stay warm. Many of us bundle our children up. Puffy coats are a common go-to item for this. However, when it comes to car seat safety, puffy coats can be dangerous. “In a car crash, fluffy padding immediately flattens out from…
Apr 2016
Dexamethasone: Climber’s Little Helper
Jesse Easterling’s story By the time Jesse Easterling stumbled into the Mount Everest emergency clinic, he was nearly incoherent. It was a chilly afternoon at Base Camp, May 17, 2009—two days before the beginning of summit season, when a clear weather window would send hundreds of climbers scurrying up the south side of the peak. Easterling,…