Friday, September 10, 2010
The Bellevue, Washington Law Firm of Robert Kornfeld handles clients with major personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, car-pedestrian-bus collisions and accidents with trucks, construction and maritime injuries, serious injury claims involving the knee, hip, and spine and those catastrophic injuries, such as burns, chemical exposure, paralysis and quadriplegia, and nursing home or elder abuse cases.

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CNA Accused of Nursing Home Abuse

March 9, 2010

A certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a Limestone nursing home was charged Friday by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department with five counts of willful abuse, neglect or exploitation of an adult, according to a spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff’s Department.
Amanda Tibble, 34, of 112 George Laws Road, Telford, was charged “after an investigation was [...]

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In Fairfax malpractice case, family awarded $1.25 million

March 1, 2010

A Fairfax County jury has awarded nearly $3 million to the family of a man who died after his esophagus tore while he was swallowing a piece of steak, finding an Alexandria radiologist liable for misdiagnosing the man’s condition as a hiatal hernia.
Large civil jury verdicts are rare in Fairfax, and Virginia’s cap on medical [...]

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Pastor Dies in Motorcycle Crash in Roy

February 25, 2010

Members of a Spanaway church are mourning a pastor who died Saturday after his motorcycle struck a car in Roy.
Thom Carlson, 43, of Puyallup was on his bike at the 32100 block of Eighth Avenue South when he hit a vehicle pulling into the parking lot of the Lacamas Community Club. The motorcycle had been [...]

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Family of 4 Taken to Hospital in Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisonsing Case

February 17, 2010

A Federal Way family of four has been taken to a hospital after complaining of headaches in a possible case of carbon monoxide poisoning.
South King Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Kendra Kay says medics responded Friday night to find that power in the apartment building was out and the family had lit a charcoal grill on [...]

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Teen Drives SUV Washington High School

February 10, 2010

Seattle, WA—A teenager was arrested after he drove a SUV through Shorecrest High School, 75-feet down the hallway and into a security office. The 17-year-old teenager crashed through the high school around 10:00 p.m., in King County, as reported by The Seattle Times.
The King County Sheriff’s Office reported that the teen drove a 2002 Subaru [...]

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Newark child dies in apparent furniture accident

February 1, 2010

A 2-year-old boy died inside a home in the city’s South Ward tonight, in what appeared to have been an “unfortunate accident” involving fallen furniture, police said.
Officers responding to reports of an injured child in the 300 block of Clinton Place entered a home to find a 2-year-old child unconscious and unresponsive shortly after 8 [...]

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Wellesley Staff Given Insulin Instead of H1N1 Shot

January 26, 2010

A medical mix-up made some teachers in Wellesley sick.
Several staff members at the Schofield School thought they were being given the H1N1 vaccine on Friday. Instead, they were given a shot of insulin.
Many people were shocked by the news.
“When I heard this, I was kind of taken aback,” said Jackie Norton, a parent.
In a letter [...]

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