Representing Washington Firefighters and Their Families for 26 Years in Personal Injury Wrongful Death and Presumptive Occupational Disease Claims

Firefighters are exposed to conditions that are immediately dangerous to life or health almost every day. When injuries come from an accepted and assumed risk, Washington’s “professional rescuer” doctrine prevents claims against the responsible third party. In those cases, an industrial injury claim provides financial and medical coverage for firefighters. We represent firefighters for serious injury and death cases under the Industrial Insurance Act.

In other cases, we represent firefighters in claims against their employers for training errors or for creating unnecessary risks of injury or wrongful death.

Firefighters may also bring claims for injuries that occur from unsafe conditions that are not directly related to an emergency response. Injuries caused by negligent drivers or by unsafe conditions on property that are not accepted or known risks entitle the firefighter, or surviving family members, to bring a claim for physical injuries, and for economic and non-economic damages. We represent firefighters in claims against third parties for serious injury or wrongful death.

Firefighters may also bring RCW 51.32.185 claims for presumptive occupational diseases caused by exposure to smoke, fumes and toxic substances or for heart problems caused by strenuous physical exertion. We represent firefighters and their families in death cases and in other cases involving occupational heart, lung, cancer, and infectious disease claims.

We have successfully represented firefighters in brain injury, spinal injury and other serious injury cases, including career-ending physical and psychological injuries. We have also successfully represented firefighter families in death cases.

Firefighters, or their families, should obtain legal advice as soon as a potential claim arises. In every case of serious injury or death the family should immediately consult with an experienced attorney to secure benefits and to help obtain fair and full compensation.

The trial attorneys at Ron Meyers & Associates PLLC are experienced at representing firefighters for personal injury, serious workplace injuries, presumptive occupational disease and wrongful death in the line of duty. We also represent injured family members of firefighters in cases involving personal injury, and surviving family members in cases involving wrongful death. Our knowledge of firefighter, personal injury and wrongful death laws, and our painstaking development of your liability and damages claims, provides a major advantage to Washington firefighters.

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Contact the personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Ron Meyers & Associates PLLC today to schedule your free initial consultation and learn how we help firefighters and their families.