Government Liability Attorney

1 00:00:03.386 --> 00:00:09.824 Government liability cases usually involve either a municipality or state government. 2 00:00:09.825 --> 00:00:13.157 We've had a lot of experience at Cochran Douglas 3 00:00:13.158 --> 00:00:18.070 suing either cities or counties or the state of Washington 4 00:00:18.186 --> 00:00:22.566 when they violate the law and it ends up injuring an individual. 5 00:00:22.567 --> 00:00:25.973 If you think you have a government liability case, 6 00:00:25.974 --> 00:00:28.914 the most important thing is to try and gather 7 00:00:28.915 --> 00:00:32.000 as much evidence as you possibly can. 8 00:00:32.030 --> 00:00:36.000 Once you've done that, and you feel that you've been wronged, 9 00:00:36.001 --> 00:00:40.285 and there is some sort of an injury that's occurred, 10 00:00:40.286 --> 00:00:42.000 then you need to call a lawyer. 11 00:00:42.442 --> 00:00:45.199 You need to call a lawyer like Cochran Douglas, 12 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:50.824 who's had experience taking that evidence and then asking the questions 13 00:00:50.825 --> 00:00:54.941 that ultimately hold that government entity accountable 14 00:00:54.942 --> 00:00:56.029 for what they've done. 15 00:00:56.030 --> 00:01:00.549 When individuals come to us with a claim of governmental liability, 16 00:01:00.550 --> 00:01:03.075 they're going to find, at Cochrane Douglas, 17 00:01:03.076 --> 00:01:04.499 a collaborative approach. 18 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:06.516 We're going to work with the individual 19 00:01:06.517 --> 00:01:10.557 to figure out what the facts are and what went wrong, 20 00:01:10.558 --> 00:01:13.034 what ultimately led to the injury, 21 00:01:13.035 --> 00:01:16.924 and then how best to present that story to a jury 22 00:01:16.925 --> 00:01:19.042 so that we can have accountability, 23 00:01:19.043 --> 00:01:22.950 and hopefully we can get some sort of recovery 24 00:01:22.951 --> 00:01:25.000 based on the injury that occurred.