News

13 May 2013

Was the Owen family Stevens Pass tragedy preventable?

Yesterday, KOMO News ran a story about the Owen family, “Was a deadly tragedy along Stevens Pass preventable?“ The Owens were driving on Highway 2, when a massive tree crashed onto their ... Read more


10 May 2013

WA AG Bob Ferguson Tackles T-Mobile’s “No Contract” Ads

SKWC has taken on wireless industry giants, including AT&T/Cingular on behalf of consumers.  We applaud the WA Attorney General (AG), Bob Ferguson for doing so as well. There was a lot of hulla... Read more


3 May 2013

Hospitals Profit From Errors

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, technological errors are growing at a rapid rate at hospitals. Along the same vein, a recent NY Times article examines the lack of incentive hospitals have for... Read more


26 April 2013

Patient Safety Risks Can Involve Taking Generic Drugs

Karen Bartlett must instill eye drops to compensate for her eyes’ lack of tears. Karen is now legally blind with visible injury to her eyes, suffering from Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS). She n... Read more


8 April 2013

Unsafe Highway Kept Open Leads to Fatal Car Incident

Yesterday’s Seattle Times featured a front page article about a tragic incident that took the life of two members of the Owen family on Stephens Pass in late December 2012. Three of the Owen fam... Read more


29 March 2013

Technology in Healthcare Can Result in Dangerous Errors

For decades, Paul Whelan (one of SKWC’s partners) has represented plaintiffs in tragic cases resulting from the negligence of healthcare providers. Paul has written a number of articles and pa... Read more


4 February 2013

Inspiring story about Jessie Owen on KOMO News

Jessie Owen serves as an inspiration to all in this news story on KOMO News. Check it out and spread the word about our search for witnesses to the tragic incident.  The post Inspiring story... Read more


4 February 2013

Owen family searches for witnesses

On December 21, 2012, the Owens family were returning from a family trip. While they traveled on Highway 2 toward Leavenworth, a tree fell onto their SUV. Tim Owens and his wife, Cheryl, did not survi... Read more


17 January 2013

President Obama Signs Bipartisan Medicare Law

Just a few days ago, President Obama signed H.R. 1845 (112th), the bipartisan Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act, which was introduced by Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and R... Read more


7 January 2013

KarenKoehlerBlog.com – #1 in Trial Practice on 2012 ABA Top 100 Blawg List

Thanks to all of you who voted for Karen’s blog! Not only is KarenKoehlerBlog.com in the 2012 ABA Top 100 Blawgs, it is again (2nd year in a row) #1 in the “Trial Practice” category.... Read more



Recent Injury Law Blog Posts

Was the Owen family Stevens Pass tragedy preventable?

Posted on 13 May 2013

Yesterday, KOMO News ran a story about the Owen family, “Was a deadly tragedy along Stevens Pass preventable?“ T... Read more


WA AG Bob Ferguson Tackles T-Mobile’s “No Contract” Ads

Posted on 10 May 2013

SKWC has taken on wireless industry giants, including AT&T/Cingular on behalf of consumers.  We applaud the WA Attorney... Read more


Hospitals Profit From Errors

Posted on 3 May 2013

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, technological errors are growing at a rapid rate at hospitals. Along the same vein, a... Read more