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According to police reports, two Wapato men were killed early last Sunday morning. The two were in a vehicle that appears to have veered off of Track Road. The driver may have tried to correct the problem and over-steered, causing the vehicle to collide with a telephone pole. Both the…

We should all be able to look forward to our golden years as a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of our labors. Sadly, millions of elderly Americans do not get to do that. Instead, they live in neglectful or abusive situations. Don’t let this happen to your loved…

Unless you have been through the process of litigating a personal injury accident case before, you probably don’t know how one is handled. Victims are often confused in the beginning because they assume that a lawsuit will be filed right away. Typically, an actual lawsuit is filed only after your…

Law enforcement officers were busy last week trying to track down a hit-and-run driver who fled from both civilians and police. According to authorities, the driver first collided with a vehicle in Wapato shortly after 3:30 p.m. The driver whose vehicle was struck then began a pursuit of the car…

If you have recently been involved in a Yakima personal injury accident, you may have heard the term “non-economic damages,” but may not know exactly what the term refers to or how it is relevant to your lawsuit. Most people refer to non-economic damages under the more generic term of…

Last Friday, a Toppenish man pleaded guilty in the Yakima County Superior Court to both vehicular homicide and vehicular assault and was sentenced to 30 months in prison as a result. The Toppenish resident was the driver in a drunk driving accident last November that killed one passenger and seriously…

If you have been the victim of a Washington State personal injury accident, including a car accident, you may be due compensation for the injuries you received in the accident if someone else was at fault. Along with compensation for the physical injuries you received, you may also be entitled…

Two Yakima residents were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after a near-fatal car accident. According to police reports and eyewitnesses, the driver of the vehicle may have been engaged in a street race during the early hours of May 6 which ended in tragedy. Both the 17-year-old driver…

A head-on collision in Yakima last month sent four people to the hospital. The accident occurred around 9:00 p.m. on May 13 in the eastbound lane of the Nob Hill overpass at Interstate 82. Among the injured was a pregnant woman, although early reports were that no one received any…

If you have recently been involved in a Washington State car accident, you may have suffered a spinal cord injury. This type of injury is very different from the less serious whiplash injury which is a common car accident injury. A spinal cord injury can cause both immediate and long-term…