Personal Injury Blog

  • Absolutely no trespassing

    Absolutely no trespassing

    Sometimes I see a sign like the above that says “Absolutely no trespassing,” and then it issues a caveat like “after 8 p.m.” Wait, what? So I can trespass before 8 p.m.? And what does the “absolutely” add to the sign? Is this more like…

  • Looking for ways to serve in the Tri-Cities?

    At Anderson Law, we’re always looking for ways we can serve in the Tri-Cities and the extended community. As we’ve posted in the past, we’ve donated time and money to Second Harvest, Habitat for Humanity, Soul Soup, Benton Franklin Legal Aid, the Arc of Tri-Cities,…

  • Who let the cats out?

    Who let the cats out?

    By Jazmin Santacruz I love cats and have wanted to adopt one (or two, or three) since my one-and-only cat passed away 15 years ago. However, my husband and I agreed that we would hold off on getting animals until we were done having children,…

  • Stranger things

    Stranger things

    Last week, for the first time ever, I rented a car from a fellow named Jimmy who was a complete stranger to me. Of course, over the past year I’ve gotten a little used to strange. I now know that Turo, the AirBnB of car…

  • Washington state’s first seat belt laws took effect in 1986, but it wasn’t until 2002 that it became a “primary offense”, or an infraction that allowed patrol officers to enforce on its own. And although now wearing seat belts is fairly common at around 85%…

  • Victory, peace, and more

    Over the years in my practice as an attorney, I have become keenly aware that people are constantly searching for something: it may be victory over injury or illness, or peace from the turmoil that has upended their lives, or something more that can’t really…

  • Home on the free range

    Free range cattle arguably live the best life possible: they get unlimited access to a wide variety of grasses and shrubbery, they breathe fresh air and are free to roam the countryside, and they aren’t living on top of their own grass byproduct. That’s not…

  • Where’s Edna?

    Where’s Edna?

    Lately, we’ve been playing “Where’s Edna?” at my house, kind of like “Where’s Waldo?” except that we’ve been using an Edna doll instead of looking at picture books. Edna has ended up in backpacks, under pillows, hanging from doorways, in the middle of the dart…

  • Aerodynamics and trucks?

    Aerodynamics and trucks aren’t usually used in the same sentence, but as gas prices go up, most consumers become more sensitive to the cost of driving. I bought a pickup truck last year before the semiconductor shortage, mostly because I needed a new vehicle, but…

  • Laying down the sod

    Laying down the sod

    We took a break last Friday from our usual “laying down the law” to spend some time laying down the sod for Habitat for Humanity in Pasco, Washington. Habitat for Humanity is one of Anderson Law’s favorite locally operated charitable organizations, so we usually dedicate…