Kent Personal Injury

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If you have been injured in Kent you financial compensation for those very injuries could be an option. Call 800-282-4878 to speak with a Kent personal injury lawyer at our firm about your case.

Choosing the Right Personal Injury Lawyer

Choose the right attorney carefully.  Be sure the attorney you hire practices only personal injury law.  My practice is devoted to helping injured people.   My firm only handles personal injury law cases for injured persons or victims of other torts.

Injured in Kent? Contact our Kent, WA personal injury attorneys for a free case evaluation at a place of your convenience.

My advice is to choose an attorney with whom you are comfortable and trust, one who is sensitive, caring and dedicated to helping injured people, and one who will aggressively represent you.  It is unlikely that you will find any other attorney who has been through what I have been after my accident in July of 1985.  Hire an attorney who has a track record of going to trial, not just settling cases, as insurance companies will settle for more compensation if your counsel has a track record of going to trial.  Please email us at rob@kornfeldlaw.com or call 1 (800) 282-4878.  We will gladly send you an informational brochure featuring our firm’s successes at no charge.

Kornfeld Law: Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated

Martindale-Hubbell Top Rating. As a result of an extensive and confidential peer review by members of the Washington State Bar, both lawyers and judges, Martindale-Hubbell has awarded the highest peer review rating to Mr. Kornfeld – an AV rating.

The AV rating, which identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability, is a reflection of his expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence. The ratings of Martindale-Hubbell, established by attorneys for attorneys, clearly indicate that Mr. Kornfeld demonstrates the highest professional and ethical standards.

If you have recently been injured in, for example, a car accident our attorneys may be able to help you get financially compensated. Contact our Kent personal injury lawyers for a free consultation to learn more.

What You Are Entitled to After Being Injured in a WA Car Accident

In all personal injury cases, including motor vehicle accident cases of all types, you are entitled to recover general damages for your pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, permanent disfigurement, scarring, loss of opportunity to enjoy life, interference with the husband/wife or parent/child relationship, wrongful death, loss of services, dismemberment and any other type of general damage relating to injury.  You are also entitled to recover special damages, including are past, present and future medical bills, wage loss, loss of earnings potential and other out-of-pocket expenses.  It is your attorney’s obligation to properly prepare your case and determine what these damages are. This usually takes place after your medical condition is stabilized.

At the point when your medical condition stabilizes, which means you will not get any better or worse, your attorney should speak to your doctors and obtain medical reports regarding your prognosis.  At the conclusion of your recovery, the attorney shall put together a settlement demand package to try and resolve your case with the insurance company. From that point forward, negotiations will take place. Your attorney should be goal oriented to maximize your RECOVERY.

If your case does not settle, your attorney will file suit and proceed to trial.  Many times an insurance company will not pay you what you deserve to recover until your case is set for trial or close to trial. Insurance companies know which attorneys take cases to trial and which attorneys settle cases.  The attorneys who proceed and prepare a case as though it shall proceed to trial will likely recover more money for you than a settlement lawyer. It behooves all attorneys to try and settle cases.  However, if cases do not settle in a reasonable period of time, it behooves everyone to file suit and prosecute your case, preparing for trial.

This is the best way to financially maximize your RECOVERY.

If you have been injured due to the negligence of another driver in Kent or elsewhere in Washington state feel free to contact us for a free consultation at a time and place of your convenience.

FAQ: If I am involved in a pedestrian accident, what should I do?

Q. If I am involved in a pedestrian accident, what should I do?

A. Don’t leave the scene of the accident unless it is in an ambulance. If you are able to do so, get the information of the person involved in the accident—name, address, phone number, drivers license number and expiration date, vehicle license plate, registration and insurance company and policy number. Also get the contact information of anyone who witnessed the incident (this includes passengers in the vehicle). Call the police and wait for them to arrive. If they don’t come to the scene, file a report immediately. You will want to contact your insurance company and make them aware of the accident. It is important to remember that even if you are the victim of a hit-and-run, you need to report the incident to the police and to your insurance company.

More Bus Accident Injury FAQ from Kent, Washington, Seattle Personal Injury Lawyer.

Woman saved by cheesy chili

Sometimes it’s amazing how one simple thing can mean the difference between life and death. For one woman it was a bowl of cheesy chili. A woman from Kent, Washington was in her living room watching television when all of sudden a car came crashing into her home.

That woman would have been in the direct path of the car, but just seconds before it came crashing into her living room, she got up to go to the kitchen to put more cheese on her chili. That’s what she said saved her life, that bowl of chili. Unfortunately the driver wasn’t so lucky, he was killed. Police are still looking at what caused the driver to crash into the woman’s home.

Kent Personal Injury Lawyer.

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Kent Car Accident Leaves 1 Women Dead

A 36-year-old Kent woman died Monday evening in a rollover accident on Route 167 near South 277th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Troopers said the woman was southbound on SR167 in a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer just before 5:30 p.m. when she swerved into the High Occupancy Vehicle lane to avoid slowing traffic and struck another car. Her car rolled, and fire officials reported she was ejected from the vehicle. The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 59-year-old woman, was not injured.

It’s sad how often split second poor judgment leads to death, but that’s life. RIP.

Cases like this are brought to our attention everyday for the non at fault driver. If the women who’s car was struck was injured she would have a car accident lawsuit to pursue against the at fault driver’s insurance company. Not only could she ask for compensation for her medical bills, but for the pure inconvenience as well, among other things.

To learn more about Washington car accident lawsuits or if you have been injured in a Kent car accident and would like to pursue financial compensation contact us for a free consultation at a place of your convenience. We can also assist you with other types of claims such as WA wrongful death, Washington medical malpractice, Washington truck accidents, Kent construction accidents lawsuits and WA employment lawsuits.

Call 1-800-282-4878 toll free to schedule your free consultation with a Kent personal injury attorney or Kent, WA car accident lawyer now.

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Kent Personal Injury FAQ

The most common questions asked of our office from Washington injury victims include:

• Will my consultation with you be free?
• Who will pay for my lost wages and medical bills?
• How long do I have to pursue my case?
• What is my case worth?
• Can someone come out to my home, see me in the hospital or meet me at another location to talk about my case?
• How much will an attorney charge me?
• How do I choose the right attorney?
• How long will it take for my case to be settled?

Contact our WA PI Attorneys today.

High School Injuries

A recent study on high school athletes indentifies the rate of severe injuries by sport, gender and injury area, and underscores the need for injury prevention.

“Other studies have shown injury rates by sport; however; very few studies have highlighted the severity of injuries per sport,” Dawn Comstock, PhD, a study author and assistant professor at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said in an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) press release.

The study appears in the September issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

At our firm we deal with adolescent injuries often. If your child has been injured at school you may or may not have a case. Often times, a waiver of liability is signed preventing a settlement. Other times a settlement is still possible even with the waiver of liability. If your child has been injured in Washington we welcome you to contact our Kent accident attorneys for a free consultation at a time and place of your convenience.

Welcome to the Kent Washington Personal Injury Blog

The Kent, Washington Personal Injury blog is brought to you by the Seattle Personal Injury Law Firm of Robert Kornfeld.  The personal injury firm is located in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area and handles all accident claims, auto wrecks, truck accidents, slip and falls and other personal injuries suffered in the Kent, Washington area.