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Washington’s insurance laws for all types of personal injuries require proving liability on the part of the person at fault for the injury. To prove liability, the circumstances of any injury must meet specific requirements. Unlike criminal cases where the standard of evidence requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, personal injury lawsuits require showing...

A car accident isn’t just devastating to your physical health and emotional well-being, but it can also be devastating to a bank account. When you’ve sustained significant or even grave injuries as well as property damage, the bills may pile up while paychecks stop coming in due to the time it takes for you...

Because both civil and criminal court rulings depend almost exclusively on evidence, the Washington justice system can impose sanctions against a party that fails to preserve evidence under certain circumstances. Spoliation of evidence is a term used primarily in matters of civil litigation, sometimes arising when one party in a lawsuit suspects the opposing...

If you’ve had a car accident, you probably think you’ve learned far more about how insurance companies work than you ever wanted to know—and then you hear talk about subrogation. What is subrogation law in Washington, and what does it mean for you when you’re recovering from an accident? When you’re dealing with recovering...

Car accidents are always distressing, but while everyone understands that they can file personal injury claims with the hope of recovering damages such as medical expenses and lost wages when they’ve been injured in an accident, for many accident victims it’s less clear how they recover other damages. Though the ability to walk away...