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Personal Injury Committed to your physical and financial recovery Foster Law Offices represents injured victims in all areas of personal injury, professional malpractice and wrongful death cases in King County and Washington State. Our dedicated personal injury attorneys and compassionate team of advocates have extensive experience representing the injured and their families in a wide range of injury-related cases. We are committed to holding irresponsible corporations, insurance companies and individual wrongdoers accountable for the injuries and economic loss suffered by our clients. We take our responsibility to enforce the legal rights of our clients personally, and pursue each claim with the aggressive and strategic representation necessary to compel the responsible party and insurance company to pay for their wrongdoing. If you or a family member has been injured in an accident, the last thing you want to think about is dealing with an insurance company who is only concerned with the amount of money they can save in shortchanging you. To maximize profits, insurance companies will make numerous phone calls in an attempt to rush you to settle for a small percentage of what your case is worth. When our personal injury attorney deals with the insurance company, it is on your terms. You do not receive phone calls, emails, letters or any other communication from an insurance company when you retain us to represent you. The insurance company deals exclusively with us and we commence settlement discussions only when YOU are ready to settle your claim. Below is a brief overview of the various personal injury cases we handle in King County and throughout Washington State: Motor Vehicle Accidents For victim and family alike, a motor vehicle accident causes tremendous stress and can have a devastating financial impact on all people affected by the accident. Whether you are facing catastrophic medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering or permanent disability, it is imperative that you retain an aggressive advocate to ensure that your financial interests are protected while you focus on your recovery. Our experienced trial lawyers represent clients throughout the state of Washington who have suffered an injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident. We represent the injured in every type of motor vehicle accident:
Our motor vehicle accident team work tirelessly to ensure that clients receive the best medical care and rehabilitative treatment for their injuries. After medical and rehabilitative treatment has concluded, we move quickly to secure top experts to evaluate our client’s damages in order to obtain the maximum settlement available to our clients under Washington law. In a personal injury case, a client is entitled to receive compensation for the following damages incurred as a result of the accident and injuries:
Wrongful Death If a family member has passed as a result of someone’s intentional or negligent act, the person or company who committed the wrong is legally responsible to compensate the victim’s surviving spouse, children and family under Washington law. When a wrongful death occurs, family members are often in search of answers about why and how the wrongful death occurred. Unfortunately, too often these questions are only fully answered if the family retains an attorney. We take pride in assisting family members in obtaining the truth about their loved one's death. We employ top-notch investigators to work closely with our wrongful death attorneys to uncover the cause of your loved one’s passing. Whether the death occurred in the state of Washington or elsewhere, our wrongful death counsel can help you and your loved ones obtain just and fair compensation for your loss. After determining the cause, we next turn to vigorously pursuing the person or entity responsible for the wrongful death. The individual or company who committed the wrongdoing is held accountable for their actions by compensating the family for their loss. If the wrongdoer denies liability or fails to properly compensate family members for their loss, a lawsuit must be filed. In litigation, the attorney faces the unique challenge of balancing the family’s deep sense of loss with the need for family participation in the litigation necessary to hold those responsible for the family’s loss accountable. At Foster Law Offices, we embrace the challenges presented by a wrongful death case in order to deliver justice to the family and loved ones of those who meet an untimely death based on the fault of another. Construction Site Negligence Thousands of workers are injured and even killed each year on construction sites throughout this nation. Due to the high occurrence of injury and death, construction is one of the most dangerous occupations in America today. Foster Law Offices consistently strives to help victims of construction site accidents and their families secure and protect their legal rights. In the event of a construction site accident, the owners, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers may be found responsible to compensate injured victims for inadequate safety provisions. The general contractor is often ultimately responsible (due to contractual obligations) for the supervision and safety of the accident victim. It is their duty to provide a safe site and to warn of possible hazards at any given work area. On most construction sites, numerous different subcontractors are busy working side-by-side to complete any given project. Each separate contractor is responsible for ensuring that proper safety regulations are followed, and that the work environment is safe for all workers on the jobsite. In the event a contractor violates a safety regulation and a worker suffers an injury, the contractor may be liable to compensate the worker for his or her injuries. Furthermore, manufacturers are responsible to design and manufacture safe equipment and products utilized on the jobsite. It is possible that many of the products in use at a construction site could be considered as dangerous, and if involved in an accident, it may be the manufacturer who must be held accountable in workplace injuries. Medical Malpractice In determining whether you have a medical malpractice claim, several important considerations must be taken into account. Medical malpractice occurs when a physician, surgeon, nurse or other health care professional fails to render medical services in accordance with the accepted standard in the medical community and this failure results in an injury to the patient. To prove a medical malpractice claim, another professional in the field (i.e. surgeon, ob/gyn, general practice physician, nursing professional) must review the medical records and determine that the treating medical professional was negligent. The two most common types of medical malpractice are: 1. Failure to diagnose and 2. Failure to follow accepted medical techniques and procedures. Another area where a medical malpractice claim can arise is in the context of injuries incurred by a newborn in childbirth. Medical malpractice cases are vigorously defended by insurance companies and can cost the injured victim tens of thousands of dollars in expert fees to prove the case at trial. Under Washington law, an injured patient must file a report from a qualified medical professional attesting to the treating medical professional’s negligence prior to bringing a lawsuit. In addition, an injured victim has only a limited time period in which to bring a claim; otherwise the claim is forfeited by virtue of the “statute of limitations”. Foster Law Offices is an experienced medical malpractice firm who understands how medicine should be practiced and holds negligent health care professionals liable for the harm caused by their negligence. If you believe that you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, contact Foster Law Offices today for a free and confidential review of your case. Premises Liability Premises liability cases arise when an injury occurs as a result of a defective condition in a home, business, or property. A premises liability claim can also arise in a dog attack. Premises liability cases involve claims against a home or property owner’s liability policy. The most common premises liability case is the slip-and-fall. Slip-and-fall cases usually involve wet or uneven flooring, a defective staircase, floor debris, poor lighting or an unseen danger such as a hole in the carpet or ground. Washington law protects people from these types of accidents by holding owners of the premises liable to compensate an injured victim where the property is negligently maintained. The success of a premises liability case most often turns on two separate inquiries: 1. Are you an invited guest or trespasser and 2. The length of time between the property owner’s knowledge of the dangerous condition and the accident causing the injury. In dog bite cases, the dog owner and home owner are strictly liable for injuries caused by the dog. Strict liability is a legal theory where both home and dog owners are liable to the victim of a dog attack without regard to any actual fault of the home/dog owner. Injured victims of negligent property maintenance or a dog attack may be entitled to receive compensation for their injuries. In the state of Washington, a person injured as a result of a slip-and-fall or dog attack may recover his or her: past and future medical expenses, lost wages and future earning loss, pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and any disability resulting from the injuries sustained in the accident. Premises liability cases are defended vigorously by the insurance companies. Usually, these cases are not settled prior to trial. So, you are advised to contact an experienced injury attorney as soon as possible following an accident. Products Liability When one is injured as a result of a defective product, a products liability claim arises. Defective products cases involve an area of law known as products liability. Defective and unreasonably dangerous products kill and injure thousands of people each year. Manufacturers of products are liable for design defects, improper safety devices and manufacturing defects that cause injury. Products liability cases usually involve:
Products liability law is a safeguard. Our firm handles a wide variety of products liability cases, including automotive design cases, crashworthiness cases, handling and stability ("rollover") cases, door latch cases, and medical products cases. If you have been injured as a result of a defective consumer product, we can assist you in obtaining compensation for your injuries and suffering. Insurance Disputes At Foster Law Offices, we have successfully represented individuals, small businesses, and organizations against insurance companies in disputes involving insurance coverage or the refusal to pay a valid claim. If an insurance company has wrongfully refused to pay a valid claim on your homeowner's insurance policy, auto insurance policy, disability insurance policy, life insurance policy, general commercial liability policy, or if you or your business or organization have been sued and the insurance company has failed to defend you or pay any judgment against you, then we can help. Based in King County, we represent clients with insurance disputes in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Vancouver, Spokane, or any city in the state of Washington, the insurance coverage we can help you or your business. Depending on the nature of the matter, we can handle your insurance coverage dispute on a contingency fee basis, hourly rate, or on a blended fee arrangement. If you or your business has an insurance coverage dispute, contact us today. We will provide you with a free consultation to discuss the legal merits of you case. More Information/Contact Us For more information on our personal injury practice please visit www.fosterinjurylaw.com. To contact us, please complete the Quick Contact Form to the right, or if you would like to contact us directly feel free to call us at: (206) 903-1836. If you prefer to submit your questions in writing we welcome your email inquiries at info@fosterlawoffices.com. All inquiries are strictly confidential. CONTACT US TODAY FOR A FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION |