Recent Blog Posts
CASE UPDATE: GERLACH V. COVE APARTMENTS, LLC
Washington’s Supreme Court recently issued a decision clarifying injury law in a residential landlord-tenant relationship. Previously, there has been confusion over whether the law—specifically Washington’s statutory Residential Landlord Tenant Act (RLTA), Ch. 59.18 RCW, and the common law implied warranty of habitability—could provide a legal basis for liability when an unsafe condition injured the… Read More »
LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND CONNECTING WITH CLIENTS
Even under the best of circumstances, there is a constant struggle for personal injury attorneys to help forge a connection between our clients, their stories, and a judge, jury, arbitrator, or other party involved in their case. GIVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE TO PEOPLE WHO CAN’T AFFORD IT For me, part of what makes this… Read More »
TRIAL BY ZOOM
Earlier in the COVID-19 tempest we wrote about many of the things our firm has been able to do to keep cases moving forward – using Zoom (mostly) and other videoconferencing platforms to meet with clients, take and defend depositions, mediate and arbitrate cases, and attend court hearings. We’ll now add one more to the list, having completed our… Read More »
HEALTH INSURANCE ANNUAL REMINDER: DO YOU HAVE IT?
Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans for individuals “open enrollment” extends from November 1, 2020 through December 15, 2020 (these dates for the federal market window; some states have longer enrollment periods). This is a blog that I tend to re-write every year. I apologize for the repetitiveness of it. No, on second… Read More »
MY OWN 40-YEAR JOURNEY
Last month my partner, Bill Thayer, pondered his forty year career. The post, entitled “Forty Years – The Blink of an Eye” provided a peek inside the mind of one of the greatest most honest and humble men I know. As he shared his experience adapting from type-writers and carbon paper to digital voice dictation,… Read More »
DOES MY BUSINESS INSURANCE COVER LOST INCOME DURING THE COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN?
We as a community—a global community—are in the midst of an unprecedented situation. Entire economies were shut down for several months while nations sought the best way to manage and navigate a deadly virus amid a global pandemic. Governments, including our own, temporarily shut down many businesses which were unable to operate from home…. Read More »
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH
It is a time to focus on the problem of bullying. With so much going on in the world around us, it would be easy to not give attention to this important topic and I wanted to take a moment of my own to reflect upon what I can do personally to impact change…. Read More »
IT’S ALL ABOUT RECOVERY
From the title of this, you would think that this blog would be about our country’s economic recovery. Nope. This is instead about recovery from addiction, and the creative efforts of a local man whose passion to help others in their efforts to make a comeback from alcohol and drug addiction is quite remarkable…. Read More »
TIME TO VOTE!
Having trouble going to sleep? Having trouble staying asleep? Can’t stop watching the all day, all night news channels? Wondering how the election is going to play out? You may be suffering from “Election Anxiety Syndrome”. This “syndrome” seems real to many. The good news is that the vote counting starts in 19 days. … Read More »
WASHINGTON’S NEW LAW FOR CYCLISTS
Due to a change in the law, starting October 1, 2020, bicycle riders in Washington will no longer be required to stop at stop signs. The new statute (SB 6208) will instead allow riders to treat almost all stop signs as yield signs. Riders approaching stop signs will still need to slow, look around,… Read More »
