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Pursuing a possible legal malpractice lawsuit in WA state

In response to your question, there are some general things to keep in mind. WA has a three year statute of limiations on legal malpractice, so any potential claim would need to be reviewed by a lawyer well in advance of the 3 year mark. The other difficulty is that legal malpractice requires proving a case within a case. Meaning, you would have to prove that your lawyer's actions fell below the standard of other family law attorney's in WA, and that if your lawyer had acted differently you...

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How long cand I file a medical malpractice claim in washington state

Generally you have three years from the date of the negligent act to file a claim in WA. However, in medical malpractice claims, if you only learned of the issue recently, you have 1 year from the date you learn of the negligence to bring a claim. Depending on the facts of your situation, it is not clear if you would have a claim or not as medical negligence claims require proving a breach of the standard of care caused your harm. You may want to contact an attorney to have your medical...

In a failure to yeild right of way If the driver on the left was a 60% through intersection and the driver on right was exceedin

It sounds like you have resolved your personal injury claim, and if this is the case, you can't really do much at this point. However, in uncontrolled intersection claims, it does often come down to a battle of the experts as to who was at fault. Washington allows comparative fault arguments as a defense, so even though the woman that hit you failed to yield the right of way, she is still entitled to raise the issue of comparative fault as a defense, or sue you and argue you were more at...