1.5 million injuries occur nationally each year due to bad workplace ergonomics. About 50,000 Washington workers suffer preventable ergonomic-related injuries each year from repetitive motion, awkward work positions, and heavy lifting. In 2000 Washington became the first state to develop an ergonomics rule designed to prevent this type injury. (A federal rule created by the [...]

Sorry for the delay in getting this next piece on the web site. As you know, we’ve had to spend a lot of time on trying to convince our state legislature not to pass anti-worker and anti-plaintiff bills in this session. Thanks to those of you who wrote or called your representatives on the issues [...]

You are in danger! Powerful business and insurance industry organizations are trying once again to take away your constitutional rights. They are proposing some of the most sweeping and comprehensive restrictions in the nation on your right to use our state’s courts and jury system to recover compensation for negligently caused personal injuries, including those [...]

Let’s start this section off by discussing my biggest peeve about representing you folks. It might surprise you to learn it’s not about the injustice of the system or what the other side has done, which are certainly issues we deal with daily. It concerns absolutely the worst thing a potential client can – and [...]