State pays $2.85 million settlement in case of child sex abuse 
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: child sex abuse, Department of Social and Health Services, sexual abuse, Washington
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services will pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a Grays Harbor County woman who was sexually abused by her father when she was 13 years old.
Seafood company settles antitrust suit with fishermen
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: antitrust, class action, fishing, Washington
The nation’s largest seafood buyer has settled a class action antitrust case filed by coastal fishermen, according to court documents and sources who confirmed the agreement.
Jury awards $975,000 to woman who gave birth on jail cell floor
Published: February 7, 2012
Tags: birth, jail, Washington
A federal jury has awarded nearly $1 million to a severely mentally ill homeless woman who gave birth alone on the floor of a King County, Wash. jail cell 14 years ago.
Small-firm lawyer wins $2.2M verdict for pitbull attack
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: dog bite, dog-mauling, Washington
A small firm lawyer won a $2.2 million verdict on behalf of a woman attacked in her bedroom by two neighborhood pitbulls in her rural home outside Tacoma, Wash.
Farm workers awarded nearly $2 million
Published: August 19, 2011
Tags: farming, federal labor laws, Washington
A federal appeals court has awarded nearly $2 million to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Washington state growers of violating federal labor laws.
Suit over liposuction death settled for $1.8 million
Published: August 19, 2011
Tags: liposuction, medical negligence, plastic surgery, Washington, wrongful death
The family of a woman who died during a liposuction procedure has reached a $1.8 million settlement with the Sono Bello plastic surgery center where the procedure was performed.
Dog-mauling survivor awarded $2.2 million
Published: August 15, 2011
Tags: dog bite, dog-mauling, Washington
A Pierce County, Wash. jury has awarded $2.2 million in damages to a Gig Harbor woman who was mauled by two pit bulls that entered her home through an open sliding-glass door four years ago.
University and ex-student settle lawsuit
Published: August 5, 2011
Tags: failure to protect, negligence, rape, sexual assault, university, Washington
A lawsuit filed against the University of Mary Washington by a former student who was raped on campus has been settled.
$1.5 million settlement reached over deadly bicycle crash
Published: June 1, 2011
Tags: bicycle, car accident, Washington, wrongful death
The family of a University of Washington scientist killed while bicycling in Ballard after he was struck by a van has settled with the van’s owner for $1.5 million.
State to pay foster family $470,000 to settle sexual assault suit
Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: Department of Social and Health Services, foster child, sexual assault, Washington
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services has agreed to pay a Longview family more than $470,000 after placing a foster child in their home who repeatedly sexually assaulted their 9-year-old daughter in 2006.
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