Kinney Law Group’s Washington workers’ compensation attorneys have decades of experience helping workers injured on the job. Our clients include carpenters, iron workers, nurses, millwrights, truck drivers, aerospace workers, loggers, painters……
Under Washington State law, a workplace “injury” means a sudden and tangible happening, of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions as result therefrom. (RCW 51.08.100)…
The Industrial Insurance Act of Washington provides coverage for occupational disease when an employee, acting in the scope of employment contracts a disease or infection.
The term “occupational disease” is defined by RCW 51.08.140 as “such dis…
What to do if you are injured at work: http://www.lni.wa.gov/ClaimsIns/Claims/Guide/phase1.asp
How to file a claim: http://www.lni.wa.gov/ClaimsIns/Claims/Guide/phase2.asp
Work Status Form (English): http://www.lni.wa.gov/Forms/pdf/F242-052-000…
If you were injured on a construction site, your basic need for medical care and time loss compensation should be covered by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. However, that will only provide you with partial compensation for yo…
Kinney Law Group has accumulated great experience in Washington State personal injury cases over the years. We offer a strong attorney-client relationship, where we strive to know you so we can maximize your recovery.
We understand how serious your c…
We have decades of experience helping the victims of car accident and vehicle collision cases. Our clients have had accidents involving autos, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, crosswalks, train crossings, highway design and parking lots.
Kinney Law Group’s Seattle personal injury lawyers represent people who have been injured by defective products. We have successfully pursued claims involving defective industrial machinery, heavy equipment such as fork lifts and scissor lifts, and…
If you were injured by tripping over an object, slipping on the floor or falling on an icy sidewalk or parking lot, school, retail establishment, restaurant or another public place, you may be eligible to file a premises liability claim against the o…
Injured seamen can recover under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §30104 and United States Federal maritime law for injuries aboard ship. A seaman injured on a vessel is entitled to maintenance and cure, without proof of fault.
If you are injured or ill and cannot sustain work, you may be entitled to Social Security Disability Benefits. The Administration almost always denies the initial application and the Request for Reconsideration. The third (and usually last) step in t…
Many people, such as medical professionals, Boeing workers, and other union members have short and long term disability insurance. Disability insurance provides financial security, allowing you to recover for wage loss even if your injury or conditio…
