Truck crash claim: what can I do?

Washington truck-accident cases are filed in the Superior Court of the county where the collision occurred or where the defendant carrier resides. The state's principal freight corridors — Interstate 5 running the length of the Puget Sound region, I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass and I-82 through the Yakima Valley — generate commercial-vehicle crashes concentrated in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Spokane counties. Out-of-state motor carriers often remove litigation to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma) or the Eastern District (Spokane, Richland), where the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations control driver qualification, logbooks and maintenance. Washington sets a three-year statute of limitations for personal injury (RCW 4.16.080(2)) and follows a pure comparative-negligence rule (RCW 4.22.005): an injured plaintiff's recovery is reduced by their percentage of fault but is never barred outright, even where the claimant bears the majority of responsibility — a comparatively plaintiff-friendly framework relative to neighboring states.