Washington cities can be held liable in a DUI crash
September, 13 2013
Part of my practice as a Seattle DUI Lawyer is to stay up to date on recent case law opinions decided by different Courts in our State. Last month the Washington State Supreme Court held cities, counties, and utility companies can be held liable when a faulty road design leads to injuries from car crashes..
Last week Seattle Police Officer Marie Gochnour pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of Reckless Driving from the original offense of DUI. The sentence imposed was 2 days in jail along with the other standard DUI conditions. All this after Officer Gouchnour registered an impressive .25 breath test, which in case you don’t know is..
Are blood test refusals inadmissible under new case law?
July, 13 2013
Recently a blood test refusal was suppressed in a local district court. Although I was not the DUI Lawyer that litigated the issue, I know the Attorney that did and kudos to her. So that raises the question are blood test refusals admissible? At least according to one Judge in King County, the answer is..
As I blogged about several weeks ago. A new set of DUI laws in Washington State was recently passed by the State Legislature. Originally the new laws would have made Washington State the toughest state in the nation when it came to DUI penalties. But due to budget restraints and the current economy what was..
DUI bill and employer owned vehicle exception for IID
July, 13 2013
A few blog posts ago I wrote about the recent changes to DUI laws that were recently approved by the Washington State legislature. I would like to discuss each change, but writing about each one in a single post might be difficult since there were so many and they are all very detailed. So from..
Seattle mom arrested for DUI with child in vehicle
June, 13 2013
A Seattle mother was recently arrested for DUI and spent the night in jail when she was stopped by a police officer for DUI and her child was in the vehicle. According to the police report the mother backed her vehicle into parked van in a 7-11 parking lot. Apparently there was extensive damage caused..