{"id":695,"date":"2016-06-22T20:05:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T20:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraldlawgroupcom.local\/?p=695"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:21:16","slug":"seattle-bike-accident-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/seattle-bike-accident-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Pays Out In Bike Accident Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, the City of Seattle paid $375,000 to pay the lion’s share of an injury settlement related to a 2012 bicycle accident. In 2012, Sally Clark, at the time on the Seattle City Council, struck a cyclist who suffered severe injuries. According the Seattle Times article, Clark was unaware that her auto insurance liability limit was only $25,000.00. As such, the City of Seattle ended up paying the rest of the $400,000.00 settlement because Clark was on official business at the time and covered by their liability insurance as well.<\/p>\n

The article does not indicate whether the cyclist had uninsured\/underinsured motorist coverage but this case certainly illustrates the importance of having adequate UM\/UIM coverage on your auto insurance policy if you are also a cyclist.<\/p>\n

UM\/UIM coverage provides insurance coverage against drivers that have no insurance or do not have adequate insurance to fully compensate someone they hit and injure. If you are a bicyclist you should carry the maximum UM\/UIM coverage available. The one catch is you have to own a car and have insurance to have UM\/UIM coverage.<\/p>\n

Bicyclists who are injured by motor vehicles are extra vulnerable and often suffer catastrophic injuries as a result. In this case, Clark was on official business and was luckily covered by the City’s insurance coverage as well. Had the bicyclist been hit and injured by a driver without a second layer of insurance and had no UM\/UIM coverage himself, he would likely have only been able to recover $25,000.<\/p>\n

Our attorneys have represented many bicyclists who’ve been negligently injured by careless, reckless or inattentive motorists. If you or a family member have been injured while riding a bike we are here to help.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/400000-payout-for-cyclist-hit-by-seattle-councilwoman<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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Recently, the City of Seattle paid $375,000 to pay the lion’s share of an injury settlement related to a 2012 bicycle accident. In 2012, Sally Clark, at the time on the Seattle City Council, struck a cyclist who suffered severe injuries. According the Seattle Times article, Clark was unaware that her auto insurance liability… Read More »<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bicycle-accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emeraldlawgroup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}