The Washington State  personal injury law firm of Kornfeld, Trudell, Bowen and Lingenbrink and its partner, Rob Kornfeld, handles all accident related matters, including pedestrian and bus accident cases.

We are experienced in taking on bus accident and pedestrian accident claims. We take on cases throughout the state including Seattle, Bellevue, Everett, Renton and Lynnwood.

If you believe you have a claim on your hands you should know you have limited time to file a claim. Contact our Washington bus accident lawyers for a free consultation anytime. Call 425-893-8989 now.

A. Traumatic brain injuries are a personal injury specialty because they can occur under many different circumstances—automobile accident, sports accident, medical negligence, construction site accident, maritime accident,  etc. For this reason, many legal firms have attorneys that are especially skilled in working with brain injury cases.

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The Kornfeld Firm is experienced in handling traumatic brain injury cases resulting from medical negligence,  construction site or motor vehicle accidents, and maritime injuries aboard fishing and other types of vessels.

In the area of medical negligence, Rob Kornfeld has a special interest in handling cases involving a failure to diagnose intracranial aneurysms (aneurysms in the brain). Rob has handled cases of patients who have suffered catastrophic injuries caused by the failure to timely diagnose and treat a brain aneurysm. These cases have been caused by the negligence of primary care providers, family physicians, radiologists and other HMO providers who have failed to timely run diagnostic tests or have negligently read the scans.

If you or a loved one has suffered brain injuries due to another’s negligence in Washington state we may be able to assist you. Feel free to contact our Bellevue, WA personal injury attorneys for a free, no obligation consultation at a place and time of your convenience.

A. . We never charge for an initial consultation and for a review of the facts surrounding your case. Email Rob at Rob@Kornfeldlaw.com or call 1 (800) 282-4878 to schedule a case evaluation over the telephone, by e-mail or in person at a convenient location for you, either at our main office, a satellite meeting location, in your home or at the hospital.

If you have recently suffered injuries due to the carelessness or recklessness of another in WA, we can help you if anyone can. If, for example, you were injured in a automobile accident, on a work site, while receiving medical care or on a boat we know the correct steps to take in pursuit of justice for you.

Contact our Bellevue, WA personal injury lawyers for a free consultation anytime!

Your injury may affect you for a long period of time. We take this into account in representing your needs. The legal system is meant to help people recover.

The right attorney can help you get the settlement you deserve. We handle all communications with the opposing side and coordinate your insurance benefits, helping take the pressure off you.

We may ask you to see medical or vocational experts who can evaluate the effects of your injury on your future health, abilities and earning power. Your cooperation in following our advice is important.

Be truthful…and be careful

It is crucial for you to be completely honest with us. Your lawyer must know everything, just as it happened. You should not release any information to an insurance company or other investigator without our prior approval. Do not sign anything without our approval! Remember, the insurance company’s job is to minimize your settlement.

Avoid talking about your claim to anyone outside of your immediate family, as insurance investigators will often speak with friends, neighbors, and fellow employees about your injuries. Insurance investigators may also try to secretly videotape you.

Feel free to contact our Bellevue personal injury lawyers if you think you’ve got a personal injury or wrongful death claim worth pursuing.

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A brief list of some of the types of cases handled involving health care malpractice or nursing home negligence are as follows:

• Failure to diagnose breast cancer.
• Failure to diagnose throat cancer.
• Failure to diagnose larynx cancer.
• Failure to diagnose and timely treat a brain aneurysm.
• Failure to timely diagnose and treat a stroke
• Failure of a cardiac nurse to timely diagnose a bleed which resulted in a wrongful death of a post surgical patient
• Failure to timely diagnose and treat a throat cancer.
• Nursing home negligence  caused adult to be catastrophically brain injured.
• Failure of HMO review films and to diagnose a fracture in a minor child which led to post-traumatic arthritis and multiple level joint fusions in the foot.
• Failure to remove a towel/sponge during surgery which caused ongoing abdominal pain for many years up until removal.
• Failure to diagnose and timely treat or repair an esophageal perforation
• Child birth cases and cerebral palsy.
• Wrongful Death.
• Hospital negligence in failing to timely treat a hospitalized patient and follow hospital protocols in caring for a patient’s tracheostomy
• Failure of a physician’s assistant to timely diagnose and treat an arterial stroke in the patient’s eye
• Failure of a midwife to secure timely intervention of an medical doctor/OB-GYN before the baby suffered catastrophic brain damage in-utero.

If you have been victimized by medical malpractice in Bellevue or elsewhere in Washington state feel free to contact us for a free and confidential consultation.

Many people, naturally, prefer not to hire an attorney unless one is really necessary.  While this is a commendable stance to take, most of the time it is not in your best interest to try and handle your own case.  Generally speaking, ninety nine percent of  those injured do not have the skill, knowledge, training, expertise, objectivity and temperament to argue against a veteran insurance claims adjuster. It is in your best interest to hire an experienced personal injury attorney to help you navigate the legal system.

Common sense will tell you that the insurance company is not looking out for you. Insurance companies are in business to pay you as little compensation as possible in order to maximize profits. A trusted personal injury lawyer can help you evaluate whether you are being treated fairly and will assist to maximize your recovery. There are many personal injury attorneys who are reputable, honest, experienced and empathetic. Trust your gut and initial sense to decide whether you click with  the lawyer and whether you sense counsel is compassionate and is available to hear your concerns and anxieties.

Hiring an experienced personal injury attorney, one who has the skill, knowledge and experience, both in trials and settlements, will help you protect your interests and insure that you have a better chance to obtain the recovery which you deserve.

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Q. What are the most common reasons for accidents involving buses?

A. Some of the most common causes for bus accidents are:

• Inadequate training of the driver
• Exceeding the capacity of the bus or carrying excess baggage
• Failing to maintain equipment—brakes, brake lights, signals, etc.
• Driving a bus when conditions are poor—foggy, icy, heavy rain, snowing
• Driving when fatigued or under the influence of alcohol or narcotics
• Speeding or reckless driving

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