Jury awards crane operator $1.45 million in deadly collapse 
Published: May 6, 2011
Tags: accident, construction, Washington, wrongful death
A King County, Wash. jury awarded a former crane operator $1.45 million for injuries he suffered in the deadly collapse of a construction crane in Bellevue 4 ½ years ago.
City to pay $1.5 million to slain man’s family
Published: May 3, 2011
Tags: police officer, police shooting, Washington, wrongful death
The city of Seattle is paying $1.5 million to the family of a woodcarver who was shot by a police officer last summer.
Developer and city settle golf course suit for $2.4 million
Published: April 26, 2011
Tags: business development, Washington
A man who won a $3 million verdict two years ago against the city of Kennewick, Wash. after being prevented from developing an RV park on a golf course property will accept the city’s offer to settle the suit for $2.46 million.
NW Jesuits to pay $166 million to abuse victims
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 28, 2011
Tags: clergy sex abuse, Washington
In one of the largest settlements nationwide in the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual-abuse crisis, the Jesuits will pay $166.1 million to about 500 abuse victims — many of them Native Americans or Alaska Natives.
Apartment complex agrees to pay $110,000 in discrimination case
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 25, 2011
Tags: civil rights, housing discrimination, racial discrimination, Washington
The owners of a Renton, Wash. apartment complex have agreed to pay $110,000 in damages to settle a lawsuit alleging the owners had discriminated against tenants and prospective tenants, according to the Justice Department.
City settles with flooded homeowners
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 24, 2011
Tags: flood damage, negligence, Washington
A dozen homeowners in Madison Valley, Wash. have reached a $2.5 million settlement with the city of Seattle over chronic flooding.
City to pay family nearly $1 million for damage to home
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 11, 2011
Tags: damages, police, Washington
The city of Seattle, Wash. has agreed to pay $973,858 to compensate a family whose home was severely damaged during the manhunt for Maurice Clemmons, according to a document released by the city’s Risk Management Division.
Jury awards $600,000 in child abuse suit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 9, 2011
Tags: child abuse, Department of Social and Health Services, Washington
A Thurston County, Wash. jury has awarded $600,000 to a former foster child at the center of an investigation into allegations of ritual sex abuse in Wenatchee in the mid-1990s.
Shooting lawsuit results in record $46 million verdict
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: quadriplegia, restaurant, shooting, Washington
A lawsuit over a shooting at Denny’s Restaurant in Kent, Wash. has resulted in a $46.4 million verdict, a state record for a personal-injury case.
Woman to receive $4.5 million settlement for bus accident in crosswalk
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 7, 2011
Tags: automobile accident, brain injury, bus, pedestrians, Washington
A Seattle woman struck by a Metro bus while she was in a crosswalk on Seattle’s Alaskan Way in 2008 has reached a $4.5 million settlement with King County.
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