Recent Blog Posts
SCHAUERMANN THAYER AND WSAJ – A DECADES LONG PARTNERSHIP
It’s been a while, but I’ve taken the opportunity to write about the Washington State Association for Justice (“WSAJ”) a few times before. This past week I was reminded how fortunate we as personal injury attorneys in Washington are to have such an organization at the helm of the work we do for our… Read More »
BOATING AGE REQUIREMENTS IN WASHINGTON STATE
We’ve covered boating safety and rules previously, most recently here. After letting my oldest daughter take the wheel for her first boat driving lesson on a recent vacation, I felt compelled to fill in one more piece of the boating safety puzzle by reviewing the age restrictions on boat operators. Subject to possible tighter local… Read More »
COVID-19: LOCAL COURT CLOSURES AND ALTERATIONS IN POCEDURES
In our current COVID-19 situation, information about local court closures and alterations in procedures change frequently, sometimes by the day. While I can’t be sure what I write about this will be current for long, it seems likely the situation I write about will be with us for a while: namely that Clark County courts… Read More »
FDA WARNS OF DANGEROUS HAND SANITIZERS WITH METHANOL
A part of what we do as personal injury attorneys can be product liability cases. All of the aim of what we do is making the greater community safer by trying to hold negligent people and companies accountable and make dangers known to the greater community. So from time to time, we like to… Read More »
DEPOSITIONS: NO CHEATING!
The justice system relies on attorneys, parties, and litigants following some basic and fundamental rules. Tell the truth. Give complete answers. Produce documents and answer questions when appropriate. Depositions seem to be one of the areas that is open for abuse, both from the party or witness being deposed and the attorneys participating. Attorneys… Read More »
SOME GOOD NEWS
[Editor’s Note: This piece was written April 26, 2020] If you can just see it right, the glass is half full. My wife and I were driving north last week across the I-5 Bridge. It was sunny out. Through our front windshield, we could see Mt. St. Helens directly ahead of us. Its flattened… Read More »
REMOTE MEDIATIONS
In our personal injury cases, at some point in the process one of the parties usually invites the other to a mediation, where a professional neutral (the mediator) tries to get the parties to agree on a settlement to avoid the risks of trial and resolve the case. While there are no fixed rules… Read More »
STREET RACING PUTS THE PUBLIC IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In the past few months, local media outlets have reported on increases in speeding This includes reports of increases in people driving excessively fast, organized street racing, and the like. In fact, we have already written on the increase in speeding here. Recently, the Columbian reported on how Portland’s crush of street racing has migrated north of the river. Street racing is a real double… Read More »
KEEPING SAFE WHILE HAVING FUN: BOAT SAFETY TIPS & REFRESHER
It seems that here in our neck of the woods the summer heat is finally starting to arrive. Yes, I wrote that last year too. But it is that time – to remind folks about boating safety. We’ve touched on it before – here, here, and here. Many families will be out on our local waterways enjoying… Read More »
DRIVING IN THE TIMES OF CORONAVIRUS
Local authorities’ Twitter feeds have had a consistent refrain of late: people are driving too fast during the coronavirus pandemic shelter in place time period. As someone who has left the house only for necessary purposes relating to either work or to grab groceries, I’ve only driven every few weeks or so. But, every… Read More »
