How Do I Choose The Right Attorney?
How do I choose the right Renton personal injury attorney?
Choose the right attorney carefully. Be sure the attorney you hire practices only personal injury law. My practice is devoted to helping injured people. My firm only handles personal injury law cases for injured persons or victims of other torts.
My advice is to choose an attorney with whom you are comfortable and trust, one who is sensitive, caring and dedicated to helping injured people, and one who will aggressively represent you. It is unlikely that you will find any other attorney who has been through what I have been after my accident in July of 1985. Hire an attorney who has a track record of going to trial, not just settling cases, as insurance companies will settle for more compensation if your counsel has a track record of going to trial. Please email us at rob@kornfeldlaw.com or call 1 (800) 282-4878. We will gladly send you an informational brochure featuring our firm’s successes at no charge.
Renton Car Accident Lawyer: Traffic Control Signal Legend
WA Rules of the Road: 46.61.055. Traffic control signal legend
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend, and said lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
(1) Green indication
(a) Vehicle operators facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicle operators turning right or left shall stop to allow other vehicles lawfully within the intersection control area to complete their movements. Vehicle operators turning right or left shall also stop for pedestrians who are lawfully within the intersection control area as required by RCW 46.61.235(1).
(b) Vehicle operators facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may enter the intersection control area only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Vehicle operators shall stop to allow other vehicles lawfully within the intersection control area to complete their movements. Vehicle operators shall also stop for pedestrians who are lawfully within the intersection control area as required by RCW 46.61.235(1).
(c) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal, as provided in RCW 46.61.060 as now or hereafter amended, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
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Renton Rules Of The Road: Traffic Control Devices
Washington Rules of The Road: 46.61.050. Obedience to and required traffic control devices.
In this chapter of the rules of the road, the laws for obeying traffic control devices, such as a stop light or stop sign, are identified. Frequently car accidents that cause injury in Renton are a direct result of someone’s failure to abide by a traffic control device.
(1) The driver of any vehicle, every bicyclist, and every pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exception granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
(2) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible or visible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
(3) Whenever official traffic control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
(4) Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
If you have been injured in a Renton car accident because one or more of these laws have been violated, whether by the city or another driver, there’s a possibility you’re eligible to be financially compensated for your medical bills, lost wages and more. To discuss your potential personal injury claim, contact a Renton auto accident attorney at our firm by calling 425-893-8989 or 800-282-4878 toll free. Your free consultation can be conducted at a place of your convenience if your are unable to meet at one of our offices.
Renton Truck Accident Lawyer: FAQ
Q. I said some things at the scene of the truck accident that I now realize weren’t accurate. Will this hurt my case?
A. It is quite common for details to be incomplete at the time of an accident. After you go home, you mind replays the accident repeatedly. In the process, you become aware of details that you overlooked at first. While it is always challenging explaining why your story isn’t the same as you stated at the scene of the car accident, hiring a good personal injury attorney is one of the best ways to get the support you need for your side of the story.
Q. My air bags didn’t deploy during my truck accident. Can I sue the car manufacturer?
A. This depends on which situations the manufacturer has warranted the air bags to deploy under. If the air bags failed under these warranted situations, then a qualified personal injury attorney can help you pursue your case.
Q. How much does it cost to speak with you about my situation?
A. We never charge for an initial consultation and for a review of the facts surrounding your case. Feel free to call Rob Kornfeld at 1 (800) 282-4878 or e mail Rob@Kornfeldlaw.com for a free initial consultation or to schedule an in person appointment at a location convenient for you or at our office location(s).
Contact a Renton truck accident attorney at our firm today.
Renton Attorney on Medical Malpractice Claims
Sample Case: $1,900,000 Rob Kornfeld resolves action against a radiologist and hospital by reason of their combined failures to diagnose an intracranial aneuyrsm clearly shown on an MRA scan. With timely diagnosis, this should have prevented an intracranial bleed. Because the MRA imaging study was misread, this caused the patient to suffer an injury from a bleeding aneurysm. Patient survived but is now permanently disabled. Settled 2010.
Medical Negligence:
Over the years Rob has handled many cases involving medical negligence of both adults and children, involving hospitals, doctors, lower tier health care providers and nursing home/elder abuse.
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If you think you have a personal injury claim on your hands, contact a Renton personal injury lawyer at our firm today for your free consultation.