Personal Injury Practice Areas
Accidents Happen Everyday - We Can Help
In Seattle and all throughout the state of Washington, millions of people take to the streets and the roadways every day to get to work, go to the grocery store, visit friends and family, and perform other tasks. While most are able to get through their day without incident, some less fortunate get into traffic accidents, usually fender benders involving only minimal property damage. However, injury-causing and even fatal accidents also occur on a daily basis. Sometimes, victims are left with minor wounds that take just a few days or weeks to completely recover from, but incur considerable medical costs. Other times, lives are devastated in more ways than one, or taken away completely, leaving loved ones with significant burdens.
Car Accidents
- Chauffeured vehicle accident
- Child car accident victim
- Delivery van accident
- Food delivery accident
- Government vehicle accidents
- Head-on collisions
- Hearing damage
- Hit and run
- Intersection/right-of-way accident
- Lyft car accident
- Passenger injury
- Pedestrian accident
- Pickup truck accident
- Property damage
- Rear-end accidents
- Rental car or truck accident
- Rideshare accident
- Run-off-road accident
- Side impact accident
- Taxi cab accidents
- Teenage driver accident
- Uber car accident
- Uninsured/underinsured motorist accident
- Vehicle rollover
- Wrong way accidents
- Washington auto insurance information
- Whiplash
Causes of Vehicle Accidents
- Dangerous roads
- Distracted driver accident
- Driverless car accident
- Drunk and drugged driving accident victim
- Hydroplane car accident
- Nighttime driving accident
- Road rage accident
- Speeding accidents
- Unsafe lane changing accident
Other Vehicle Accidents
Bicycle Accidents
- Child bike accident
- Dirt bike & off-road accident
- Dooring accident
- Failure to yield accidents
- Hazardous road conditions
- Nighttime bike accident
- Pedestrian vs bike collision
- Pedicab accident
Truck Accident
- Brake failure
- Commercial vehicle accident
- DUI trucker accident
- Fatigued truck driver accident
- Hours of service violations
- Jackknife truck accident
- Overloaded truck accident
- Rollover
- Runaway trailer
- Truck blind spots accidents (No Zone)
- Truck underride accident
- Weather-related truck accidents
Bus Accidents
- Double decker bus accident
- Fatal bus accident
- Party/limo bus accidents
- School bus crash
- Tour bus accidents
Wrongful Death
- Bicycle accident wrongful death
- Car accident wrongful death
- Car accident wrongful death FAQs
- Child wrongful death
- Fatal pedestrian accident
- Motorcycle accident wrongful death
- Truck accident wrongful death
Motorcycle Accidents
- Biker's arm
- Motorcycle accidents FAQs
- Defective motorcycle parts
- Degloving
- Licensing in Washington
- Motorcycle head injury
- Road rash
- Single vehicle accident
Van Accident
Slip & Fall Accidents
Medical Malpractice
- Anesthesia error
- Chiropractic malpractice
- Doctor malpractice
- Emergency room accidents
- Equipment errors
- Failure to diagnose
- Failure to diagnose cancer
- Failure to monitor
- Failure to warn
- Fatigue errors
- Hospital acquired infections
- Hospital malpractice
- Informed consent
- Medical miscommunication
- Misdiagnosed heart attack
- Never events
- Nurse malpractice
- Plastic surgery malpractice
- Prescription error
- Surgical malpractice
Birth Injury
- Bone fracture during labor/delivery
- Brachial plexus injury
- C-section injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Epidural injury
- Erb's Palsy
- Facial nerve paralysis
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Forceps injury
- Infant brain damage
- Infant wrongful death
- Klumpke's palsy
- Maternal infection
- Neurological injuries
- Obstetrical malpractice
- Perinatal asphyxia
- Pitocin injury
- Placental risks
- Shoulder dystocia
Personal Injury
- Boat accidents
- Brain injuries
- Child injuries
- Compartment Syndrome
- Cruise ship accident
- Drowning accident
- Eye injury & vision loss
- Fractures & broken bones
- Nursing home abuse
- Nursing home COVID-19 infection
- Nursing home fall injury
- Rehab facility negligence and wrongful death
- Scarring & disfigurement
- School and daycare injuries
- Soft tissue: muscle, tendon, & ligament injuries
- Spinal cord injury
- Swimming pool electrocution
- Torn rotator cuff injury
- Train accident
- Vehicle accident on the job
- Choose a personal injury attorney
- Lawsuit expectations
- Personal injury claim process
- What to do if you're in a serious accident
- Washington negligence laws
Burn Injury
- Chemical Burn Injury
- Child burn victim
- Electrical burns
- Explosion injuries
- Fire accident
- Hot water burns and scalds
Catastrophic Injury
- Catastrophic injury FAQs
- Amputation
- Crush injury
- Internal organ damage
- Nerve injury
- Paralysis
- Paraplegia
- Quadriplegia
Dog Bite
- Child bitten by a dog
- Dog bite disfigurement & scarring
- Dog bite FAQs
- Dog bite liability
- Dog bite wrongful death
Product Liability
Negligence and Liability
Although traffic accidents generally do not involve malicious intent, they do result from negligence, which is not necessarily criminal but can be harmful all the same. Everyone has the duty to exercise a certain standard of care when on the road. If a person ends up causing harm to another because he or she failed to exercise that standard of care, then he or she should make the victim whole through compensation. Unfortunately, adequate settlements are hardly ever offered freely, and lawsuits, in which the victim has the burden of proof to establish liability, are often necessary.
Helping Clients Find Justice and Peace
To obtain the full and fair settlement award you deserve, seek professional legal counsel from the excellent Seattle personal injury attorneys at Hardwick & Pendergast, P.S. We will investigate your case, guide you throughout the claims process, and help you lay bare the details surrounding the accident in a clear and convincing manner, all to render your claim as solid as can be. You can discuss the specificities of your case with us in a free consultation by calling our office or submitting an online contact form.
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Case Results
$3,300,000
Wrongful Death
case details are confidential.
$2,400,000
Degloving Injury
from defective power winch.
$2,125,000
Car Accident
resulting in neck and head injury.