Latest Washington Headlines
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Alliant Acquires Biggs Insurance Services in Washington
Sep 2 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired Vancouver, Wash.-based Biggs Insurance Services. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Biggs and its team of nearly 60 insurance professionals will join Alliant and will continue...
$6M Settlement in Washington for Child Abused by Bowling Coach
Sep 1 2021 // Attorneys say they have reached a $6 million settlement over the sexual abuse of a child by his Seattle, Wash.-area bowling instructor. The boy was abused from 2012 to 2017, beginning when he was 12. The coach, Ty...
Insurers Settle Washington Boys Home Sex Abuse Case for $9M
Aug 31 2021 // Insurance companies have settled another sexual abuse lawsuit brought against Kiwanis International, this time for $9 million in a case involving seven men who were sexually abused at a Centralia, Washington, group home...
Parents File Suit for Children Injured on Washington Tilt-A-Whirl Ride
Aug 31 2021 // The families of children who were injured on the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Kitsap County Fair in Washington in 2018 are suing the owner of the amusement company that operated the ride at the fair’s carnival and its...
Washington Man Who Faked Job Injury Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 24 2021 // A Thurston County, Wash., man who reportedly tried to pass off a barroom brawl injury as a workplace accident has pleaded guilty to stealing state workers’ compensation insurance benefits. Chuck Wayne Riccio, 40, of...
County in Washington to Settle Suit Over Harassment by Deputy for $72K
Aug 17 2021 // Clark County, Washington, has agreed to pay $72,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who said an argument with a deputy led to deputies harassing and arresting him over several months. Steven Klug, a...
Postmates Paying $1M to Washington Gig Workers in Settlement
Aug 16 2021 // Online food delivery platform Postmates has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations it violated the city’s paid sick leave policies for gig workers, Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards said. The...
Washington Farm to Pay More Than $2M Following COVID Deaths
Aug 16 2021 // The state of Washington reached a settlement with Gebbers Farms Operations LP to spend more than $2 million improving housing, quality of life, safety and access to health care for farm employees and their families. The...
Drought Devastates Washington State’s Wheat Crop
Aug 13 2021 // The wheat harvest on Marci Green’s farm doesn’t usually begin until late August, but a severe drought stunted this year’s crop and her crews finished harvesting last week because she didn’t want...
MAPFRE and AAA Form Jointly Owned Company Serving Washington, North Idaho
Aug 12 2021 // MAPFRE Insurance and AAA Washington entered into definitive agreements to form a jointly owned insurance company to write automobile and homeowners insurance in Washington and North Idaho. The joint venture, which was...
Insurers: Washington Commissioner’s ‘Rushed’ Regulatory Process Will Hurt Policyholders
Aug 9 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association submitted comments in opposition to stakeholder draft regulations which will make Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency regulations banning the use of...
Washington County Paying $1.5M Over Pregnant Mother Shot to Death
Aug 9 2021 // King County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a young pregnant Muckleshoot mother of three fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies. Renee...
Postmates Paying $1M to Washington Gig Workers in Settlement
Aug 6 2021 // Online food delivery platform Postmates has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations it violated the city’s paid sick leave policies for gig workers, Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards said. The...
Washington Farm to Pay More $2M Following COVID Deaths
Aug 6 2021 // The state of Washington has reached a settlement with Gebbers Farms Operations, LP to spend more than $2 million improving housing, quality of life, safety and access to health care for farm employees and their...
$5.5M Settlement Reached in Washington Nurse Lawsuit
Aug 2 2021 // A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has settled with Kitsap County’s main health care system, Virginia Mason Franciscan...
Monsanto Told to Pay Washington Teachers $185M Over PCB Exposure
Jul 30 2021 // Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million. The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said...
$5.5M Settlement Reached in Washington Nurse Lawsuit
Jul 21 2021 // A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has settled with Kitsap County’s main health care system, Virginia Mason Franciscan...
Washington Couple Face Felony Charges in $116K Workers’ Comp Scam
Jul 19 2021 // A married couple working at their son’s Vancouver, Wash., auto repair shop who claimed to be hurt at the shop and received workers’ compensation benefits for their injuries are now both charged with stealing...
Lake Charles Mayor Seeks More Hurricane Aid from Washington
Jul 19 2021 // The mayor of a southwest Louisiana city recovering from back-to-back blows from Hurricanes Laura and Delta is in Washington hoping to persuade federal officials to steer more aid to the region where rebuilding is...
Washington Commissioner Wants Auto Claims, Rebate Data from Insurers
Jul 19 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a data call of 124 auto insurance companies for recent rebates given to policyholders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kreidler is requesting claims data for private...
