A Monroe fire official says a 76-year-old man has died of burns suffered when his clothes caught fire after he backed his wheelchair into an open flame propane heater during last week’s cold snap. Family members put out the flames and called for help last Friday. The King County medical examiner’s office says the man suffered burns to 40 percent of his body.
He died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Monroe Fire Department spokeswoman Richelle Risdon says it’s not uncommon to use alternative heat sources during cold winter months but notes that heating equipment is a leading cause of home fire deaths. She says it’s important to keep any flammable material at least three feet away from a heat source. If clothing does catch fire, stop, drop and roll or smother the flames with a towel or blanket.
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Maybe that ribbon of pavement connecting River Road to the city of Tacoma should be renamed “Pay Street.”
A radar-triggered camera erected on the Bay Street curve near the Emerald Queen Casino snapped photos of close to 2,100 speeders during its first week of operation, city officials said Thursday.
Nearly 830 tickets – at $101 a pop – already have been mailed and another nearly 1,260 are being prepared for the registered owners of cars caught speeding between Dec. 2 and Wednesday, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said Thursday.
The infractions are treated like a parking ticket and do not go on a driver’s record.
If that rate holds, the camera could generate up to $11 million a year in citations.
“Those numbers surprised us,” Fulghum said. “It’s a fairly sharp corner and people take it too fast coming from River Road.”
By contrast, another speed camera erected recently near Downing Elementary School in the city’s North End has yet to record a speeder, Fulghum said.
“We expected some violators,” he said. “We knew there were some concerns there.”
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WASHINGTON - A Metro spokesman says four people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a Metro bus collided with a pickup truck.
The accident happened about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at 15th and I in northwest Washington. There were fifteen people on the bus at the time.
Metro said it did not have any information about the driver of either vehicle.
If you have been injured or perhaps someone close to you has been injured in a Washington truck accident you should be financially compensated. However, this is ALWAYS easier said then done. You are welcome to contact our office of experienced WA trial attorneys for a free initial consultation at a time and place of your convenience.
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An elderly woman has died from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting in northeast Kansas that also left her granddaughter and two great-granddaughters dead.
Kansas’ attorney general on Wednesday announced the death of 89-year-old Dorothy Wight of Osage County.
Spokeswoman Ashley Anstaett says Wight died at a Topeka hospital on Tuesday, three days after the shootings at her home outside Burlingame.
Forty-six-year-old James Kraig Kahler, a former Columbia, Mo., city official, already is charged with capital murder in the deaths of his 44-year-old estranged wife, Karen, and their daughters, 18-year-old Emily and 16-year-old Lauren. Dorothy Wight was Karen Kahler’s grandmother.
Authorities say the Kahler’s 10-year-old son, Sean, also was at the home at the time of the shootings but was not injured.
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Doctors and lawyers are disputing the true costs of defensive medicine, while surgeons oppose provisions being considered by the Senate for health reform.
The Seattle Times reports that “defensive medicine” is under scrutiny as part of the congressional consideration of health care reform. “Doctors say the hidden costs of the tests along with malpractice insurance and lawsuit awards are major drivers behind the soaring cost of care. Trial attorneys say bad medicine, not lawsuits, is to blame.” Democrats generally have taken the lawyers’ side while Republicans have pushed for malpractice reform.
The feud “has made it tough to put an accurate price tag on the cost of the issues. … Doctors say the price of defensive medicine and malpractice insurance accounts for up to 10 percent of health care spending. Lawyers say malpractice settlement costs amount to less than 0.5 percent of the $2.5 trillion spent each year on health care. The cost of annual malpractice premiums can vary wildly depending on specialty, geographic location and insurance carrier” (LeBlanc, 11/4).
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Unfortunately, in this day and age, publicity has shown us that many children, and even adults, are a target of sexual predators and fall prey to sexual abuse in unsuspecting ways. Many of you have heard of cases involving sexual abuse caused by adults, school teachers, clergy, healthcare providers and other professional adults and individuals who take people into their confidence.
We handle Lywood sexual abuse cases and are open to discuss your potential claims or persons who you feel have potential claims with the utmost confidentiality and privacy as you wish. Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation by e-mail at rob@kornfeldlaw.com or (800) 282-4878.
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Chemical exposure is exposure to a variety of different substances that could be toxic. This can occur at work or at home. Work risks include those who work in chemical and plastic manufacturing, mining, refineries, asbestos or pesticides. Home risks include cleaning products, pesticides, paints, or living near chemical plants, refineries or gas stations. A few of the effects of short-term exposure can include dizziness, headaches, shortness of breath, nausea and rashes. Long-term exposure can cause chronic or fatal diseases, including cancer, birth defects or neurological damage. Many of these side effects and illnesses can take years to develop.
State and federal laws make it the responsibility of manufacturers and companies to provide everyone with safe products and a save working environment.
Should injuries occur, compensation from these injuries can include clean-up of the chemical substance, medical expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering.
If you or a loved one has suffered chemical exposure injuries in Lynnwood you may contact our chemical exposure attorneys for a free initial consultation. If there is no recovery in your case, there will be no fee.
Of all injuries brain injuries can be the toughest to deal with and recover from. Our sympathy goes out to anyone who is suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI), but you may be able to be financially compensated with help of legal counsel.
If an Lynnwood brain injury is sustained due to another’s negligence or a medical mistake, an injury settlement should be an option. If you are unsure if you have a brain injury claim you should waste no time contacting a Washington brain injury attorney. In Washington you, generally, have 3 years to file a lawsuit for TBI.
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Our firm has 25 + years of experience in handling TBI cases which can be caused by another’s medical negligence,or by motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians, cars, bicycles. motorcycles and trucks, or in on the job settings, such as, maritime, fishing and construction. Traumatic spinal and traumatic brain damage injuries can occur at any time as result of the negligence of another.
The Kornfeld Firm has contacts within the health care community to facilitate evaluation of a client’s cognitive deficits through neuropsychologists, neurologists and other health care practitioners. Mr. Kornfeld is understanding of the deficits of those clients who have suffered serious injuries and the emotional challenges which befall their loved ones and their efforts to find the right health care professionals. Traumatic brain injuries can cause a multitude of family and financial complications for which strong legal counsel and advocacy is helpful.
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years in the military prior to returning home to attend college. Following graduation from college, Brian worked for 2 ½ years with a personal injury firm as the Business Manager and paralegal. He started law school in 1993 and graduated with honors from Seattle University School of Law in 1996.