Washington Personal Injury Blog | Law Offices of Robert Kornfeld

Debunking a myth: an epidemic of medical malpractice, not of malpractice lawsuits By Patricia Greenstreet Special to The Times AS we reach for the dream of health care for all, we need to focus our reform energies on improving patient safety. Preventing medical errors will lower health-care costs, reduce doctors’ insurance premiums and protect patients. [...]

In settlement of a medical negligence case, when the victim/client receives on DSHS funds to assist them in expenses of daily living, receceipt of settlement money over $2,000 will disqualify the client from entitlement benefits from Medicaid. A special needs trust is a means to continue to receive DSHS benefits without jeopardizing termination of those benefits when an injured person settles a [...]

Mild traumatic brain injuries can occur in the most unlikely ways. Often an injured person is the last to recognize that they have suffered a mild closed head injury. Typically the personal injury lawyer sees these type of injuries in motor vehicle collisions. Often the sequalae and signs of a head injury are not easily [...]