Practice Areas

Fighting for the Financial Resources You Need

At Kraft Davies Olsson PLLC, in Seattle, Washington, we only handle personal injury cases for injured persons and their families. By having a practice devoted to only personal injury matters, we have the ability and resources to prosecute complex personal injury claims against large corporations and insurance companies. When selecting a firm, choose lawyers that have the ability and resources to obtain maximum compensation for your injuries.

Maritime and Admiralty Cases

Our lawyers are experts in maritime and admiralty injury cases involving negligence under the Jones Act and unseaworthiness under general maritime and admiralty law in Washington, Alaska, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, in Puget Sound, and throughout the world. We protect the rights of maritime workers and passengers who are injured in a wide variety of circumstances, including:

• Access, gangway and ladder injuries
• Explosions and noxious gas injuries at sea
• Maintenance, cure and unearned wages claims for injured maritime workers
• Claims under the Jones Act for negligence, compensating blue-water seamen, brown-water seamen, fishermen, fish processing workers, engineers, mates, captains, cooks and deckhands
• Fishing, crabbing and processing injuries
• Injuries on commercial fishing vessels
• Crab boat injuries
• Injuries to fish processors on factory trawlers
• Tug and barge injuries
• Ferry Injuries involving Washington State Ferries employees and passengers caused by safety violations and defective equipment
• Cruise ship injuries, including extensive experience representing injured passengers on Holland America Line cruise ships
• Cargo and tanker seamen claims
• Cargo handling injuries
• Dock and pier injuries

For aggressive representation, contact us at 206.624.8844.

Claims of Negligence on Construction Sites

At Kraft Davies Olsson PLLC, our attorneys advocate for construction industry workers in cases involving:

• Scaffolding injuries, injuries from falls including roof falls and falls through unguarded openings and off edges
• Electrical shocks, burns and electrocution in industrial settings and in contact with power lines
• Scissor lift injuries and crane injuries, including crane collapse accidents and other heavy equipment injuries
• Trench wall collapses and injuries during road construction
• Construction site explosions and explosions at refineries and in connection with natural gas or electrical accidents
• Construction site vehicle injuries, including forklift injuries and injuries during road construction
• Construction falls and injuries from falling and unsecured objects on construction sites

Dangerous Drivers Can Seriously Injure You

Injuries that occur away from the worksite involving motor vehicles require an aggressive approach and attention to every detail. We represent people injured in traffic accidents in Seattle, in Tacoma, in Everett and elsewhere throughout the state of Washington. Our clients have suffered injuries such as:

• Auto injuries
• Truck injuries with various causes, such as unsafe highway design, driver fatigue, unsafe lane changes, rear-end collisions, distracted drivers, and failure to secure loads
• Motorcycle injuries
• Pedestrian and bicycle injuries

Protecting Washington Residents From Negligent People and Corporations

In addition to the above areas of practice, we protect the rights of clients who have suffered either uncommon or common types of injuries resulting in challenging medical issues and complications, with numerous causes such as the following:

• Product liability: Dangerous products
• Defective and dangerous equipment
• Defective and dangerous drugs
• Slip-trip-and-fall injuries
• Elevator and escalator injuries
• Railroad crossing injuries

Contact Us

For more information or to schedule an appointment with an experienced personal injury lawyer regarding a case that involves an injury to a seaman in a maritime setting or a construction worker, or any inquiries involving automobile injuries, pharmaceutical litigation or premises liability, please contact us.