Seattle Personal Injury Lawyer

While personal injury cases come in many different shapes and sizes, more and more individuals are suffering from injuries related to car accidents. This has become even more true for drivers in Seattle.

For over a decade, I have been committed to offering reliable legal services and compassionate representation to accident victims and their loved ones. As a knowledgeable personal injury attorney Seattle, WA trusts, I will thoroughly investigate the details of your case and outline an effective legal strategy that can help you pursue the justice you deserve.

I will fight vigorously to protect your rights and help you exhaust all of your legal options as you pursue fair financial compensation to cover medical costs, any future medical treatments, lost income, and any additional pain and suffering you’ve experienced. My firm, Lake Union Law Group PLLC, is proud to serve clients throughout the Seattle area, and all of Western Washington, including the Puget Sound Area, Bellevue, Tacoma, and Everett — so call my office today to schedule a free case consultation!

Experienced Seattle Personal Injury Attorney in Seattle, WA

At the end of the day, personal injury law can be complex and insurance companies often try to resolve claims early by offering less than what you deserve. Their sole purpose is no different than any other business: to make money. More often than not, they will value your accident extremely low so they can give you the least amount of money possible.

That’s why it’s my job to stay by your side and fight for a fair and reasonable settlement that ensures you get the compensation you need to recover from your injuries and get your life back.

A successful personal injury claim can provide you with monetary compensation for lost wages, medical expenses, and any additional physical and emotional suffering. Don’t face these challenges on your own. Call or reach out to my firm today to schedule a free case consultation with me, Dan Fiorito. Together we can outline a strategy that can protect your rights and help you pursue justice for your injuries.

Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle

Personal injury cases can arise in many different circumstances, but they often have one thing in common: someone’s negligence or wrongful conduct causes harm to another person. As a personal injury lawyer in Seattle, WA, I handle a wide variety of cases, including:

• Bicycle Accidents: Bicyclists can suffer serious injuries when drivers fail to yield, drive distracted, speed, or otherwise disregard their surroundings. Bicycle accident claims may also involve dangerous road conditions or other factors that contributed to the crash.

• Car Accidents: I represent people injured in crashes caused by distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding, reckless driving, failure to yield, and other forms of negligence. Depending on the circumstances, an injured person may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, and other losses.

• Catastrophic Injuries: Catastrophic injuries can permanently affect a person’s health, independence, ability to work, and quality of life. These cases may involve traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, severe burns, amputations, or other injuries that require extensive medical treatment and long-term care.

• Dog Bites: Dog attacks can result in serious physical injuries, including puncture wounds, fractures, nerve damage, and permanent scarring. Depending on the circumstances, a dog owner or another responsible party may be liable for injuries and other losses caused by an attack.

• Nursing Home Negligence: Nursing home residents depend on caregivers and facilities for their basic health and safety. When inadequate supervision, medication errors, poor hygiene, neglect, or other failures in care cause an injury, the resident or their family may have grounds for a personal injury claim.

• Pedestrian Accidents: Pedestrians are particularly vulnerable when struck by a vehicle and may suffer severe or life-changing injuries as a result. Claims can arise when drivers fail to yield, speed, drive distracted, or otherwise fail to exercise reasonable care around pedestrians.

• Product Liability: Defective or dangerously designed products can cause serious injuries even when consumers use them as intended. Product liability claims may involve defective designs, manufacturing defects, or inadequate warnings and instructions, and potentially hold manufacturers, distributors, or other parties responsible.

• Sexual Abuse: Survivors of sexual abuse may experience lasting physical, emotional, and financial harm. Depending on the circumstances, a civil claim may be possible against the person responsible for the abuse or an institution that failed to take reasonable steps to prevent or respond to known or foreseeable abuse.

• Slip and Fall Accidents: Property owners and other responsible parties may be liable when dangerous conditions cause someone to slip, trip, or fall. Wet floors, uneven surfaces, inadequate lighting, defective stairs, and other hazards can result in serious injuries such as fractures, head injuries, and back injuries.

• Wrongful Death: When a person dies because of another party’s negligence or wrongful conduct, surviving family members may be able to pursue a wrongful death claim. These cases can arise from car accidents, defective products, unsafe property conditions, and other preventable incidents, and may seek compensation for the financial and personal losses caused by the death.

Is Washington An At-Fault State?

Yes. Washington is considered an at-fault state, meaning that when there is an accident, the at-fault party (i.e. the driver responsible for the accident) will pay for any injuries, medical costs, and other damages suffered by the victims of the accident. According to Washington State laws, in order to pursue compensation, auto accident victims are required to prove that the other driver's negligence caused the accident.

Pure Comparative Negligence Rule

In certain cases, it is possible that an injured person may be partially at fault for causing his or her own injuries. An example could include someone who shares blame for the underlying accident. If this is the case for you, the fact that you may share some percentage of fault does not entirely end your claim. Rather than take an “all or nothing” approach, Washington state uses something called a "pure comparative negligence" approach. Under this approach, whatever amount you recover will be reduced by the percentage of fault attributed to you.

For example, if you are awarded $100,000 in compensation following an auto accident, but you are determined by the judge or jury to be 20% at fault for the accident, your compensation would be reduced by 20%, or in this case $20,000. That means that, ultimately, you would only be eligible to receive $80,000 from the $100,000 settlement awarded to you.

In any personal injury lawsuit that makes it all the way through trial, the court is required to apply this comparative negligence rule when awarding damages to you. This means that Insurance adjusters are likely to do whatever they can to raise the issue of shared fault in your case. However, under the pure comparative negligence system, you will still be allowed to recover damages even if you were 99% at fault for the accident.

Possible Damages Available

If you have been involved in an accident, you need to protect your rights, especially if you believe your injury was caused by someone else acting negligently or carelessly. In this case, you may be entitled to compensation for any property damage, medical bills, lost wages, and any additional pain & suffering you’ve been forced to endure.

Regardless of the circumstances that led to your injuries, my firm — The Law Office of Dan N. Fiorito, III, in Seattle, Washington — will be there to fight for the compensation you need. You shouldn’t have to worry about how you're going to pay for your medical bills following an accident that could've been easily prevented. That’s why I’ll do everything I can to help you seek the justice you deserve.