We all do it. We try to save money by doing things ourselves. Sometimes it works out. Other times it doesn’t.

Attorneys don’t like suing other attorneys. But during my first five or ten years I got a lot of practice. No case was too small.

I looked at the Collision Report. Witnesses reported the motorcycle was going 60 or 70 in a 25 MPH zone. The (detailed) diagram prepared by law enforcement showed a single line dividing two lanes in both directions.

Washington has a minimum insurance requirement. Drivers have to carry at least $25,000 in coverage. That minimum amount dates back to the early 1980s.

We recently represented a client who was hurt in a motorcycle wreck. (The at-fault driver made a left turn in front of him.)

We recently represented a woman who slipped and fell at Rite Aid and sustained a MTBI.

We recently represented a client who was involved in a motorcycle collision.

We knew the driver who hit our client didn’t purchase enough insurance to fully compensate our client.

We recently tried a case for a client who was rear-ended on his way to pick up his grandkids from daycare.

Our client was driving an SUV. The point of impact was at his trailer hitch. There wasn’t very much visible property damage.

We recently tried a case for a client who was involved in a three-vehicle wreck.

Our client sustained soft-tissue neck and back injuries. He was sidelined from his favorite activities while he was recovering. He wasn’t able to golf, ski, hike or play basketball for several months after the wreck.

We tried a case last year for a man who was rear-ended on the freeway.

Our client went to urgent care after the wreck and was diagnosed with a neck strain.

We recently represented a man who was rear ended while driving an attenuator truck. He was working for the Department of Transportation on a road construction project.

We represented a fantastic octogenarian. (Before law school I didn’t know what the term “octogenarian” meant. It means someone in their 80s.)

We recently represented a man who was injured when he fell down a set of stairs at the house where he rented a room. There was no slip resistant surface or handrail installed on the stairs. Our client slipped, fell and broke his ankle.

A lot of people use the expression “thinking outside the box”. It’s over-used. But it conveys a good point—especially if you think of “the box” in motor vehicle accident cases as the intersection.

In the 1970s they said “speed kills”. It remains true today. Cases involving speeding motorcycles and drug use are some of the hardest to win. But we seem to win them time and time again.

We see quite a few cases where our client has rear-ended the vehicle in front of them. Money can be extracted from these cases if the damages are significant.

One of the first rules you learn is the driver on the right has the right of way. But that rule—like most rules—has some exceptions.

We represented a motorcyclist who hurt his shoulder and ankle.

A lot of motorcycle accidents are no contact. The motorcycle rider goes down before hitting the car, truck, etc.

We represented a woman who was in a motorcycle accident. A car pulled out in front of her and she went down. There was no contact.