by cooneylaw | May 16, 2023 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle riders who are in collisions, like the one recently in Spokane Valley, often suffer more serious injuries than those in passenger vehicles. Folks riding in cars and trucks are protected by a metal shell that helps absorb the forces of a collision. This lack...
by cooneylaw | Apr 11, 2023 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian and bicycle collisions increase every spring as the weather in Spokane warms up. Both children and adults are getting outside for an evening stroll and riding their bikes around neighborhoods and parks. Many drivers at this time of year are still in a...
by cooneylaw | Feb 21, 2023 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents
Fatal auto accidents jumped more than 20% in Washington State for the first nine months of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021. This is preliminary data and additional research is needed to explain exactly why this jump occurred. On the surface, this 2022...
by cooneylaw | Jan 17, 2023 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents
Auto accidents are jarring events and even when we aren’t physically injured, our minds often need a moment to process what just happened. If you’re involved in a collision, the first step is to see if you or anyone else has been injured and immediately call 911 if...
by cooneylaw | Nov 15, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident, Pedestrian Accidents, Uninsured/underinsured Motorist Accidents
Confusion and worry over medical bills, especially if high cost surgeries are involved, is one of the biggest reasons folks call an attorney after the initial shock of an auto accident has subsided. It’s important to recognize that accident-related medical bills...
by cooneylaw | Aug 9, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident, Pedestrian Accidents
In automobile accidents the folks inside bigger vehicles are usually safer. One of the basic laws of physics is momentum conservation. This principle says the total combined momentum of two colliding objects prior to the collision is equal to the total combined...
by cooneylaw | Jul 12, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents
Auto accidents resulting in deaths have hit a 20-year high in Washington State. A few years ago we saw less traffic on the roadways and a simultaneous spike in dangerous driving habits, like extreme speeding. This trend led to 663 traffic related fatalities on...
by cooneylaw | May 31, 2022 | Bodily Injury, Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle riders who are in collisions often suffer more serious injuries than those in passenger vehicles. Folks riding in cars and trucks are protected by a metal shell that helps absorb the forces of a collision. This lack of protection makes motorcyclists...
by cooneylaw | May 3, 2022 | Bodily Injury, Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle safety is particularly important as winter turns to spring and riding season fires up. The National Highway Traffic Safety Association reports motorcyclists are 29 times more likely to die in a collision than those in passenger vehicles. Let’s commit to...
by cooneylaw | Aug 31, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, DUI
Driving habits got a lot worse during Covid. Even though there were fewer cars on the roadways, too many folks saw the open roads as an opportunity to speed… or worse. These bad habits led to a rise in the number of deaths on our highways despite the sharp drop in...