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		<title>Compassion for those catastrophically brain damaged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intracranial Aneurysms and other cognitive injuries:
For those of you who have a loved one or friend who has experienced what it is like to suffer a traumatic brain injury, whether it&#8217;s from a sentinel bleed incidental to a leaking or ruptured aneurysm or whether it&#8217;s from a traumatic event, e.g. a car accident or some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/uncategorized/compassion-for-those-catastrophically-brain-damaged/</link>
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		<title>Auto Accident Success Story &#8211; $850,000 Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rob Kornfeld of Kornfeld, Trudell, Bowen &#38;  Lingenbrink, PLLC  has been handling personal injury matters including auto accident  claims in Washington for over 30 years.  Below is a car accident success story achieved for one of Rob&#8217;s clients.
Spinal Cord injury to Quadriplegic Patient: A  quadriplegic passenger strapped and secured in his van suffered a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/success-stories/auto-accident-success-story-850000-award/</link>
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		<title>If You Are a Washington Driver &#8211; “YOU NEED &#8211; UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A high percentage of vehicles driven on the roadways of the State of Washington are uninsured or underinsured.
What this means is that if you are a responsible Washington insured motorist, with liability and collision coverage, there are holes in your insurance coverage unless you include  underinsured motorist cover (UM) as part of your policy. Without UM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/washington-personal-injury/211/</link>
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		<title>Supreme Court Ruling- Immigration status is not admissible- Reversal in Salas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Supreme Court reversed the lower Court of Appeals decision upholding a jury verdict in the Salas v. HiTech Erectors case in King County superior Court in 2005 in which the trial judge allowed evidence to be heard by the jury about the Plaintiff&#8217;s immigration status.
Plaintiff Alex Salas&#8217; lawyer, Robert Kornfeld of Kornfeld, Trudell, Bowen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/firm-news/supreme-court-ruling-immigration-status-is-not-admissible-reversal-in-salas/</link>
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		<title>ANEURYSM- $1,900,000-MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MEDIATED SETTLEMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aneurysm case- Mediated Settlement

A 57 year old person presented at local hospital with complaints of headaches and nausea. She was admitted and an MRI was scanned of her head which was equivocal. After two more days of treatment and the symptoms had not abated, principally, a third nerve palsy with ptosis and the left eye [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/success-stories/aneurysm-brain-medical-malpractice-mediated-settlement/</link>
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		<title>CERVICAL STRAIN INJURY IN QUADRIPLEGIC &#8211; Car Accident</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neck injuries are most common in car accidents.
But have you ever thought about the consequences of a cervical strain injury to someone who has a disability and who relies on his neck for his independence?
Recently I had the pleasure of representing a 75 year old man who suffered a cervical strain in a motor vehicle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/uncategorized/cervical-strain-injury-in-quadripelgic-car-accident/</link>
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		<title>IMMIGRATION ISSUE HEARD BY WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The case of Alex Salas v. High Tec Erectors was argued Monday November 16, 2009 in the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. 
This case involved the issue of whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he allowed the jury to hear evidence that Alex was an undocumented worker. This case will have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/washington-personal-injury/immigration-issue-heard-by-washington-supreme-court/</link>
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		<title>Car Crash- Spinal Cord  $1,350,000- Syrinx Injury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young man in his 30&#8217;s was injured in a head on car crash which resulted in discovery of Syringemelia aka/Syrinx.
The trauma from this collision lit up an underlying congenital condition which he did not know he had.
As an athlete, basketball player and husband, ready to start a family, and just recently having completed his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/washington-personal-injury/car-crash-spinal-cord-1350000-syrinx-injury/</link>
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		<title>WORKER INJURY- $825,000 CONSTRUCTION SITE CERVICAL SPINAL CORD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sheet metal and HVAC worker settled his construction fall injury when he was thrown from a fork lift used as a manlift by a warehouse operator. At the time the manlift injury, the property owner who owned and operated the fork lift, violated a number of WISHA regulations. The negligence in operation of an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/washington-personal-injury/worker-recovers-825000-for-construction-site-cervical-spinal-cord-injury/</link>
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		<title>Medical Malpractice- by Pat Greenstreet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; insurance premiums and protect patients.
Taking away patients&#8217; rights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpersonalinjuryblog.com/personal-injury-articles/76/</link>
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