Welcome to the Law Firm of Terry E. Lumsden.
Terry E. Lumsden is a Personal Injury Lawyer practicing out of Tacoma, Washington. Terry has over 30 years of experience as a Personal Injury Lawyer, and has lived most of his life in Tacoma, Washington.When it come to Personal Injury Law in the Tacoma area; Terry covers it all. Including:
- Toxic Injury (Personal Injury)
- Food Contamination (Personal Injury)
- Brain Damage to Children (Personal Injury)
- Fire Loss (Personal Injury & Property Damage)
- Car Accidents (Personal Injury)
Significant Legal victories:
Terry Lumsden has been involved in many high profile cases. He has brought in millions of dollars in settlements for his clients.
1. Slip & Fall
Terry Lumsden handled the most high profile case in the United States in 1975 in regards to the issue of fault of the business owner of a self service establishment when a customer slips and falls. Ciminski vs. Finn Corporation, 13 Wn. App. 815, 537 P.2d 850 (1975)
2. Wrongful Denial of Insurance Coverage and Punitive Damages
Terry Lumsden sued a State of California Insurance agency, alleging that they wrongfully refused to fix their insured's vehicle, an 18 wheeler ; semi tractor, following an accident.
3. E. Coli: Food Contamination
Terry Lumsden not only successfully represented a seriously injured child in connection with the Jack In The Box E.Coli contamination in Washington February, 1993; He also lead and directed the 10 law firms that represented severely injured children because of the outbreak.
4. Catastrophic Apartment Fire
November, 1997 there was a terrible fire in Bremerton, Washington at a one hundred and fifty unit apartment complex named Kona Village. The fire could be seen from five miles away in downtown Seattle, Washington. A helicopter flew overhead taking pictures. This story made National Headlines for days. 4 people perished in the fire. All occupants were displaced and almost 100 tenants lost everything when their apartment burned. Many tenants suddenly awoke and had to flee their apartment in their scorched pajamas rather than parish from fire or smoke. Terry Lumsden and co-counsel represented 80 of the tenants including 2 families who lost their loved ones.
5. Cadet Wall Heaters
Terry Lumsden represented the biggest and leading personal injury case again Cadet Manufacturing Company and the land lords of an apartment complex. The Cadet heater allegedly failed and caused a sofa to catch fire, which led to the death of two minor children who were living in the upstairs bedrooms.
