Serious Injury

Small Plane Crashes While flying in a small plane is statistically safer than driving in a car, accidents do happen, and when they do, they tend to cause serious injuries and death. Consider that for every 100,000 hours flown in private planes, there are 2.3...

Washington State DSHS Lawsuits When people are in the care of a state agency such as the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), it is the responsibility of its employees to ensure their safety. Unfortunately, too often DSHS fails in this duty, and...

Chemical Injuries The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates workers suffer more than 190,000 illnesses and 50,000 deaths each year due to exposure to dangerous, mostly unregulated chemicals used in the workplace. The Centers for Disease...

Wildfire Disaster and Recovery While wildfires can start naturally via the sun’s heat or a lightning strike, it is estimated that 90% of wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human activity. That human activity—leaving a campfire unattended, carelessly disposing of a...