Below are links to some articles I find interesting. Many of them are specifically relevant to the claims of injured plaintiffs. Others reflect on the justice system as a whole. I hope you find them interesting and informative.
Please check back often as I frequently update this page with articles I find that may be of interest to injured people.
Others
New Proposal Seeks Nationwide Ban on Cell Phones Behind the Wheel
Insurance
Bare-bones health plan left family swimming in debts
When her youngest son, Cole, awoke one night last month writhing in pain, Theresa Devers pleaded with him to hang on until morning so they wouldn't have to go to an emergency room. Then, when they got to a Tacoma hospital and found out that the 11-year-old's appendix had ruptured and he urgently needed to be transferred to Seattle, Devers asked if she could drive her son there instead of having him taken in an ambulance. Anxious actions of a mother without health insurance?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004247661_mega28m.html
Lawsuits
Light sentence in crosswalk death sends wrong message, some say
Many Seattle residents said they were outraged this week when a municipal court judge on Thursday ordered fines, no driving, and community service for a driver found guilty of hitting and killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Ephraim Schwartz will serve no jail time, and if he avoids driving and completes the community service, the conviction will be wiped off his record in two years.
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/16161762.html
Juries
On Trial: Our Nation's Jury System
What happens inside a jury room? This radio program takes a look at who's selected and who's not, and a lot more.
http://www.kuow.org/mp3high/m3u/WeekdayA/WeekdayA20080227.m3u
Wrongful Death
Grieving mother helpless to seek justice in daughter's murder
A grieving mother says she owes it to her murdered daughter and son-in-law to change the state law. Beverly and Brian Mauck were killed by a man who had just been released from a Massachusetts prison. Daniel Tavares had been let out after serving time for killing his mother. The Maucks' family believes Tavares should have been held in prison longer for attacking prison guards and making threats against then-Gov. Mitt Romney.
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/16003972.html
Civil Rights
Gay couples win new rights in bill
Gay and lesbian couples were brought one step closer to same-sex marriage Tuesday when the Legislature voted to extend 170 new rights to them, adding to groundwork begun last year with the passage of domestic partnership rights. The Senate passed House Bill 3104, proposed by Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, by 29-20 along a mostly party-line vote.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/353722_legislature05.html
Employment Law
Woman files lawsuit after being fired for her military service
Kelly Hansen of Kirkland has served for many years as a National Guard chaplain. But now she says it has cost her job as a chaplain at Children's Hospital in Seattle. She was required to drill for a weekend and take time off work. "The first day she came back to work after her drill weekend she was called into her supervisor's office and terminated," said James Beck, her lawyer.
