Redmond Personal Injury Attorney
A Redmond personal injury attorney has to think about a city where the people getting hurt are often commuters, cyclists, and pedestrians moving between tech campuses, trails, and highway on-ramps, and where the party that caused the harm is frequently a driver covered by a commercial or corporate policy. Injury Law Group NW represents people hurt by someone else’s negligence, including car and truck crashes, motorcycle and bus collisions, construction accidents, medical mistakes, brain injuries, and dangerous property conditions, and we serve clients in Redmond and throughout King County and the greater Seattle area.
Redmond sits on the Eastside, where SR 520, SR 202, and the arterials around Redmond Town Center and Overlake carry heavy traffic at rush hour. Crashes there tend to involve distracted drivers, rear-end collisions in stop-and-go traffic, and left-turn impacts at busy intersections. The injuries that follow, such as whiplash, herniated discs, concussions, and fractures, often surface slowly, and insurers treat that delay as a reason to question them. Knowing how those arguments are built is where the claim is won or lost.
Why Choose Injury Law Group NW for a Redmond Injury Claim
Injury Law Group NW is a personal injury firm serving Redmond, Sammamish, Kirkland, Bellevue, Issaquah, Kent, Renton, Seattle, and the rest of King County. We help people hurt in crashes, on job sites, in medical settings, and on someone else’s property, and we help families who have lost someone to negligence. Our clients get prompt call and text responses from case managers, help finding the right doctors, support in keeping medical bills under control, and regular updates on their case. We can meet at your home or the hospital if your injuries make travel hard, and David Mordekhov (Russian) and Warren Barreiro (Spanish) can work with clients in their own language. Consultations are free and confidential, and we are paid only if we recover money for you.
What sets the firm apart is where our lawyers learned the work. Troy Hunter, our founding partner, spent 16 years in insurance defense litigation, mostly as a partner at Floyd, Pflueger & Ringer, defending insurers and their corporate clients. David D. Mordekhov spent two decades at the Seattle defense firm Gardner Trabolsi & Mordekhov, trying wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and product liability cases to judges and juries. Warren Barreiro and Hannah Shergold are associate attorneys on the team. Troy and David are both rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, David has been selected to the Super Lawyers list and teaches trial and deposition skills as faculty at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and Troy also serves as a dispute mediator. The firm is a member of the Washington State Association for Justice, and our attorneys have argued at every level of the Washington court system, from district court to the Washington Supreme Court.
That experience shows up in results. We obtained a mid-six-figure settlement for a family of five whose minivan was forced into the I-5 center barrier by a semi-truck, a mid-six-figure settlement for an elderly woman struck by a transit bus in a downtown Seattle crosswalk, and more than $1 million for parents whose newborn died after a hospital failed to adequately test for Group B Strep, a case that also led the hospital to change its procedures. Past results do not guarantee a future outcome. Clients describe our lawyers as responsive, honest, and clear about what to expect. We prepare every claim as though it will be tried, because insurers pay more fairly when they know the lawyer across the table is ready to go to court.
Common Injury Cases We Handle for Redmond Residents
- Car and Rideshare Crashes: Commuter traffic on SR 520, SR 202, and the Overlake and downtown Redmond arterials produces rear-end collisions, red-light and left-turn crashes, and distracted-driving impacts. Claims often involve several policies, including the at-fault driver’s coverage, your own personal injury protection, and sometimes underinsured motorist coverage.
- Truck and Bus Accidents: Delivery vehicles, semi-trucks on the highways feeding the Eastside, and transit buses bring commercial carriers and federal safety rules into the case. Driver logs, maintenance records, and company policies can all matter.
- Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Collisions: Redmond’s trail network and bike lanes put riders and walkers near fast-moving traffic at crossings and driveways. These injuries are often severe, and drivers frequently claim they never saw the person.
- Construction Site Injuries: Ongoing commercial and residential development in and around Redmond means falls from ladders and scaffolds, trench collapses, electrocution, and equipment accidents. Third-party claims against owners, general contractors, or other companies can pay more than workers’ compensation alone.
- Traumatic Brain Injuries: Concussions and more serious brain injuries follow crashes, falls, and blows to the head, and they may not appear on a scan. Valuing them takes medical and vocational evidence about long-term effects.
- Medical Malpractice: Surgical errors, delayed diagnosis, medication mistakes, birth injuries, and treatment without informed consent are investigated with qualified medical experts.
- Slip and Fall and Retail Premises Injuries: Wet entryways during the rainy season, poor lighting, broken stairs, and falling merchandise at stores, apartment complexes, and offices can lead to claims against the owner or manager.
- Wrongful Death: When negligence takes a life, Washington law lets the personal representative of the estate pursue a claim on behalf of qualifying family members.
What to Do After an Injury in Redmond, and the Deadlines That Apply
Start with medical care, even if you feel mostly fine. Redmond residents can be seen at nearby Eastside hospitals and urgent care clinics, and a same-day record that links your symptoms to the crash or fall is far harder for an insurer to dispute than a visit weeks later. Report the incident to the Redmond Police Department if it happened in the city, or to the agency with jurisdiction on a state route, and ask for the report number. Photograph vehicles, the road, the hazard, and your injuries before anything is repaired or cleaned up. Collect names and contact information for witnesses, and keep every bill, pay stub, and appointment record in one place.
Be careful with the other side’s insurer. You are generally not required to give a recorded statement to the at-fault driver’s company, and adjusters ask questions designed to shrink your injuries or move blame toward you. Do not sign a medical release that reaches back years, and do not accept an early offer before you know the full course of treatment. Your own auto policy in Washington includes personal injury protection unless you rejected it in writing, and PIP can pay medical expenses and some lost income regardless of who caused the crash.
Deadlines are strict. Most Washington injury lawsuits must be filed within three years, and wrongful death claims follow the same three-year rule counted from the date of death. A case is treated as started when the summons and complaint are filed or served, but the other step must follow within 90 days or the filing may not protect your deadline. Medical malpractice has its own timing: three years from the negligent act, a one-year discovery rule, and an eight-year outer limit. If a foreign object was left in your body, you have one year from when you actually learn of it. Claims against a city or other local government require a formal claim to be presented to the entity first, on the standard form and by a recognized method such as hand delivery or certified mail, and then a 60-day wait before a lawsuit can be filed. Claims against the state have a similar 60-day pre-suit period. Email and fax generally do not count as presentment for local government claims, a mistake that costs people their cases.
Where a lawsuit is filed depends on the size and nature of the claim. Washington district courts can hear personal injury claims up to a statutory dollar limit, and the King County District Court East Division includes a Redmond location. Larger or more complex cases are heard in King County Superior Court, a general jurisdiction court with courthouses in Seattle and Kent. Our attorneys can tell you which court fits your claim and why.
How Fault and Insurance Coverage Shape the Value of a Claim
Washington uses comparative fault. If you share responsibility for what happened, your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault, but you are not barred from recovering. Fault under Washington law includes more than carelessness; it can also cover things like unreasonably failing to avoid an injury or to limit your damages, which is why adjusters scrutinize gaps in treatment and social media activity. A claim valued at a given amount with 30 percent fault assigned to you pays 70 percent of that amount, so every point of blame an adjuster shifts to you comes directly out of your recovery.
Value itself depends on the severity and permanence of the injury, medical costs past and future, lost income and earning capacity, and how the injury changes daily life. Available insurance matters as much as the facts, since a strong case against a driver with minimal coverage may require looking to underinsured motorist coverage, an employer’s policy, or a commercial carrier. When someone is hurt by a drunk driver, the legal limit of 0.08 alcohol concentration within two hours of driving is part of the DUI statute, though a civil injury claim does not depend on a criminal conviction. Because our attorneys spent years valuing claims from the insurer’s chair, we can tell you what a fair recovery looks like and push for it rather than guessing.
Redmond Personal Injury Questions, Answered
How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit in Washington?
Most injury claims must be filed within three years of the injury under RCW 4.16.080. Wrongful death claims also carry a three-year limit, counted from the date of death. Government claims and medical malpractice have different rules, so the safest approach is to speak with a lawyer early.
What if I was partly at fault for the accident?
You can still recover. Washington’s comparative fault rule reduces your compensation by your share of fault instead of barring the claim. Insurers often inflate that share, so having a lawyer review the facts can protect a meaningful portion of your recovery.
How much does it cost to hire Injury Law Group NW?
The first consultation is free and confidential. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means you owe no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for you.
Who pays my medical bills while my claim is pending?
Your personal injury protection coverage, if your auto policy includes it, can pay medical expenses and some lost wages regardless of fault. Health insurance may also cover treatment. Ultimately the responsible party’s insurer should cover your losses, and we work to coordinate these sources while your claim moves forward.
Should I give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company?
You are generally not required to, and it is wise to talk to a lawyer first. Adjusters ask questions that can later be used to downplay your injuries or assign you blame.
What is my case worth?
Value turns on injury severity, medical expenses, lost income and earning capacity, the effect on your daily life, and the insurance available. Compensation can include past and future medical care, lost wages, and pain and suffering. We assess cases the way insurers do so we can give you a realistic picture.
What if my injury symptoms did not appear until days after a crash?
That is common with whiplash and concussions. Get evaluated as soon as symptoms appear and tell the provider about the crash. Insurers use treatment gaps to argue an injury is unrelated, so prompt care and consistent follow-up matter.
Can I sue a city or the state if a road defect or government vehicle caused my injury?
Yes, but you must first present a formal claim to the right entity on the required form and wait 60 days before filing suit. The limitations period is tolled during that wait. Using the wrong delivery method or missing the filing window can end the claim.
Does a workplace injury on a Redmond construction site only entitle me to workers’ compensation?
Not always. Workers’ compensation covers many job injuries, but if a property owner, general contractor, or another company outside your employer contributed to the hazard, you may have a separate third-party claim that pays more than workers’ compensation does.
Does a Washington dog bite claim require proving the dog was dangerous before?
No. Under RCW 16.08.040, an owner is liable when their dog bites someone in a public place or lawfully on private property, and the dog’s past behavior and the owner’s knowledge of it are not relevant to liability.
How long will my case take?
It depends on your recovery and the other side’s willingness to settle. We generally avoid settling before the full extent of your injuries is clear, and we prepare each claim for trial so that a fair settlement is more likely before filing or during litigation.
Do your lawyers speak languages other than English?
Yes. David Mordekhov is fluent in Russian and has represented Russian and Ukrainian speaking families, and Warren Barreiro speaks Spanish.
Serving Redmond Injury Clients Across King County and the Eastside
We represent people throughout Redmond, from the downtown core and Redmond Town Center to Overlake, Education Hill, Grass Lawn, Idylwood, Willows, and the neighborhoods near Marymoor Park. Our reach extends to the surrounding Eastside communities of Kirkland, Bellevue, Sammamish, and Issaquah, and across King County to Kent, Renton, and Seattle. Whether your crash happened on SR 520, I-405, I-90, or I-5, or your injury occurred at a job site, store, or medical facility anywhere in the greater Seattle area and Puget Sound region, our team can take your case, and we will come to you at home or in the hospital if you cannot travel.
Talk With a Redmond Personal Injury Lawyer Today
If someone else’s carelessness injured you or a family member, speaking with a Redmond personal injury lawyer at Injury Law Group NW costs nothing and commits you to nothing. We will listen to what happened, explain how Washington law applies, and tell you honestly what your claim may be worth. Call or text us to schedule a free, confidential consultation. We give hope. We get results.
