Signe Nygaard
Partner, Seattle office
Signe runs the Seattle office and takes the cases with the thickest files: truck crashes and medical malpractice.
Signe started out reviewing medical charts for a hospital's risk office, which is where she learned how a record gets written and what it leaves out. She switched sides and has represented injured people ever since.
On a truck case she asks for the driver's logs, the dispatch records and the maintenance file in the first letter, before anyone has a reason to lose them. On a malpractice case she has the chart reviewed by a doctor in the same field before she tells you whether there's a case.
Cases Signe takes
- Truck and delivery-van crashes
- Medical malpractice and missed diagnoses
- Wrongful death after a crash or a hospital stay
Signe's admissions, courts and schools
Bar admissions
Washington
2009
Courts
King County Superior Court
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Washington Court of Appeals
Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law
B.S. in Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University
Languages
English
Norwegian
Memberships
Washington State Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Sample matters
Signe's claims, and the cases behind them
The second reading counts.
Medical malpractice · Seattle
An emergency room wrote off a spinal fracture as a strain. A radiologist's review of the same scans found it. Settled before trial for $310,000.
Gross settlement, before fees and costs.
Logs are evidence. Ask early.
Truck crash · I-5 near Fife
A box truck rear-ended a commuter in stopped traffic. The driver's logs didn't match his fuel receipts. Settled for $420,000.
Gross settlement, before fees and costs.
Sample matters written for this template. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome; every case turns on its own facts.
Ask for Signe
Call the Seattle office or write to us and say you'd like Signe to read your file.