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CRAIG SCHAUERMANN RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATION
Co-founders of the Schauermann Thayer firm–Bill Thayer (left) and Craig Schauermann (right). The firm is proud to announce that on Saturday March 3, 2018, attorney Craig Schauermann of Schauermann Thayer was awarded the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by his peers in the Clark County Bar Association at its annual “Barrister’s Ball”. What follows are excerpts… Read More »
WASHINGTON’S WRONGFUL DEATH STATUTE NEEDS CHANGING
For us who make our living helping those who have been injured or killed by another’s negligence, a wonderful recent op-ed piece in The Seattle Times highlights a major problem we’ve long known about. It’s one the public in general, unless they happen to be one of the truly unfortunate ones to have lost a loved… Read More »
ON RASUAL BUTLER’S RECENT PASSING…
As a massive NBA fan and a personal injury and wrongful death attorney the passing of former NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 struck a solemn chord for me. According to the Washington Post: Former NBA player Rasual Butler and wife, Leah LaBelle, were killed in a single-car crash… Read More »
SCHAUERMANN THAYER PARTNERS MODERATE LOCAL JUDICIAL FORUM AGAIN
Scott Staples and Bill Thayer, two of the partners at Schauermann Thayer, were selected again to be co-moderators of the National Business Institute’s local judicial forum, which occurred on December 8, 2017, at Town Place Suites at 17717 SE Mill Plain Blvd in Vancouver. Participating as panelists at the forum with Mr. Staples and… Read More »
INSURING THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE – READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES
Google’s parent Alphabet Inc.’s driverless car unit is Waymo LLC. It has begun working with a five year old California start-up firm, Trov Inc., to insure riders for injuries and lost or damaged property as Waymo’s ride-hailing service business model develops into a reality, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal on… Read More »
OREGON’S NEW DISTRACTED DRIVING LAW – INCREASED PENALTIES
We posted before about Washington’s new law regarding cell phone use in the car. Now, Oregon has toughened its stance on this risky behavior as well. The Oregon legislature passed House Bill 2597 broadening and clarifying what constitutes “distracted driving”, imposing increased penalties, and making a third distracted driving offense a crime subject to… Read More »
CAR CRASHES INCREASE BY 14 PERCENT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
According to Consumer Reports, car insurance prices are now pedal to the metal, meaning they’ve jumped 8.2 percent in just the last 12 months, nearly four times faster than the overall inflation rate, according to data released last Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Insurers blame distracted drivers, increasingly congested roads, and an improving… Read More »
DEPOSITIONS, WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT MIGHT YOU EXPECT?
“. . . [T]HE KEY ADVICE ONE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM ANY DISCUSSION OF HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF AT YOUR DEPOSITION IS SIMPLY THIS – MAKE SURE THAT YOU JUST TELL THE TRUTH. BE HONEST, AND STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW.” When the offer from the insurance company is low, and doesn’t seem to… Read More »
WHAT IS AN ARBITRATION?
An arbitration is a judicial proceeding in which two parties try to resolve their case. Sometimes, parties participate in an arbitration voluntarily, other times are required by a contract, but most often, arbitrations are required by the court pursuant to what are called “mandatory arbitration” rules designed to relieve court congestion. In an arbitration,… Read More »
WINTER IS COMING—AUTO SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
Yes it is just the beginning of October, but rain showers are already upon us, and a full-blown case of winter will be here before we know it. It dawned on me last week that, with winter, the roads are an inherently more risky business for those of us who commute to work every… Read More »
