Recent Blog Posts
HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS FOR OUR CLIENTS?
As personal injury attorneys, it is easy to think that success for our clients can be measured simply by the dollar amount recovered on a case. As important as that is to most cases, it is by no means the beginning and the end of the analysis. I often tell my clients that all… Read More »
NEW WASHINGTON CHILD SEAT BELT LAW
A new law was passed in Washington State that went into effect on January 1, 2020. This affects the requirements for restraining children in child-specific safety seats while traveling in cars and trucks on Washington roadways. The new law requires all children under the age of two to sit in a rear-facing car seat until they… Read More »
VANCOUVER WATERFRONT TRAIL TO BE SAFER THANKS TO CITY’S RECENT EFFORTS
I have a friend who has been known to yell out “Safety first!” in most any situation, largely and usually for comedic effect (often when he’s doing something most might consider unsafe). Really, though, it is an important mindset to genuinely hold for the greater good. With that in mind, I wanted to take… Read More »
SNOW PREDICTED: SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED? IT’S WINTER!
Car crashes occur for many reasons, but a big cause is snowy and icy road conditions. Snow is predicted here in the Clark County and Multnomah County area starting Tuesday or Wednesday. How can we best protect ourselves and our loved ones from the risks which nasty winter road conditions entail? Here’s a refresher… Read More »
CAN SUICIDE BE THE SUBJECT OF A WASHINGTON OR OREGON WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM?
There has long been a common perception that suicide is more common around the holidays—an understandably difficult time for folks who have lost someone they care about or who might be otherwise isolated from the people they love. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, the suicide rate is actually the lowest… Read More »
WINTER DRIVING REMINDER
Will there be “snow in the valley” this year? As any longtime resident of our area knows, the answer is “who knows?” The only way to guarantee a snow encounter is to head to the mountains, which many of us will do one or more times this winter, for ski resorts, mountain retreats, snow… Read More »
THE ANATOMY OF AN INSURANCE CLAIM
It seems that most of my day is spent on the phone talking to insurance adjusters and I have learned quite a bit about the anatomy of an insurance claim. HOW THE PROCESS WORKS Over the years, I have formed some outside impressions that my clients seem to find helpful to make sense of… Read More »
GET THE VIDEO
Ben Melnick ably covered the topic of “what to do if you’re hurt at a business” in great detail earlier this year. I wanted to follow up and emphasize just one of the points he hit in that post. The point is: get the video. And actually, it usually isn’t quite that simple. You may not… Read More »
BILL THAYER SPEAKS AT WSAJ ROUNDTABLE, ON THE TOPIC OF ARBITRATIONS
A partner of Schauermann Thayer was one of two speakers who presented on the topic of “MAR, De novo Appeals, and Beating the Bar”, on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. The program was held in the community room at the Columbia Bank Building in Vancouver, Washington. Co-presenting with Bill Thayer was fellow Clark County lawyer… Read More »
WHO IS A TEMP WORKER’S REAL EMPLOYER FOR ON-THE-JOB INJURIES?
Previously I wrote in this space about the fact that when “temp workers” (workers who are hired by a temporary staffing agency and placed with other facilities to fill labor needs) are hurt on the job, they will often have a personal injury claim against the employer they are placed with, but not the staffing agency… Read More »
