Beware the Unforeseen Dangers of Vaping: Deadly Lung Disease
Updated September 11, 2019 based on article by Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times.
Our local Department of Public Health reported today that a King County teenager is the first person in Washington State to be diagnosed with a serious...
Coping With PTSD
By Andrew Ackley and Karen Koehler
It is incorrect to say that emotional injury is: subjective and all in your mind. Psychological injuries have a physiological basis. The amygdala located in the temporal...
Moving Forward With Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury, it can be hard to picture what the future looks like. Without question, there are major life changes ahead. But new technology, medical breakthroughs, and social support are helping victims of spinal cord injury more than ever before live...
Ride the Ducks Deaths Help Spur State Legislature to Fix Wrongful Death Laws
By Karen Koehler
Our state’s Wrongful Death bill was completely overhauled today in a landslide vote by the legislature.
After five international students were killed in the Ride the Ducks Aurora Bridge crash, the community was upset to learn that the claims...
Ride the Ducks Case Stories: Part II
The worst mass transit disaster in Seattle history was unlike anything before it. An amphibious vehicle full of tourists broke an axle and rammed into a motor coach full of sightseeing international students. Three and half years later, 40 of the victims of the crash represented by Stritmatter Firm trial counsel obtained...
Ride the Ducks Case Stories: Part I
The worst mass transit disaster in Seattle history was unlike anything before it. An amphibious vehicle full of tourists broke an axle and rammed into a motor coach full of sightseeing international students. Three and half years later, 40 of the victims of the crash represented by Stritmatter Firm trial counsel obtained...
Washington May Change Its Unfair Wrongful Death Law
Ride the Ducks Companies Appeal Record Verdict
Both Ride the Ducks International (amphibious vehicle manufacturer) and Ride the Ducks Seattle (operator) have appealed the February 7, 2019 $123 million verdict against them. The appeals process will...
