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Lawyers Try Unusual Legal Path to Advance Sex Abuse Claims Against Boy Scouts
Jan 8 2020 // A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit this week in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to...
Washington Roofer Fined Nearly $375K for Putting Workers at Risk
Jan 6 2020 // A roofing company in Snohomish, Wash. is facing large fines from the state for multiple worker safety hazards and their violations at three different jobsites. After receiving calls from concerned neighbors, the Department...
Washington Tells Captives for Starbucks, Alaska Air to Stop Insuring Risk
Dec 31 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered the captive insurers for two giant corporations to stop insuring risk in the state, adding to a large list of big companies whose captives have been fined by the...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight
Dec 12 2019 // In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s...
E-Cigarette Makers Lose Legal Challenge to FDA’s Regulatory Authority
Dec 10 2019 // U.S. rules for marketing e-cigarettes withstood a legal challenge by a maker of the devices and an industry group. A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory authority...
Washington Roofer Claiming He Was Too Injured to Work Faces Felony Charge
Dec 9 2019 // A Federal Way, Wash., man faces a felony theft charge after state investigators caught him working on a roof, despite the fact he was getting workers’ comp payments and claiming he was too injured to work. José...
Alliant Acquires Buck & Affiliates in Washington
Dec 3 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Spokane, Wash-based Buck & Affiliates. Gary Buck, president and CEO, along with the entire Buck & Affiliates team, will join Alliant and continue serving clients from...
Elderly Washington Woman Dies After Drop by Ambulance Workers, Suit Charges
Dec 2 2019 // The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Multnomah County...
Hospital in Washington Addresses Mold Infections, Deaths
Dec 2 2019 // Executives at a Washington state children’s hospital have found additional patient deaths from a mold infection after taking a closer look at their records. Seattle Children’s CEO Jeff Sperring announced in...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines UnitedHealthcare $30,000
Dec 2 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in October against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. A summary of cases is below. Insurance companies...
Washington Workers’ Comp Rates Dropping Third Straight Year
Dec 2 2019 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance is dropping in Washington for the third consecutive year. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries in late November announced a 0.8% decrease in the average...
$8.5M in Washington Foster Care Sex Abuse Case
Nov 26 2019 // Washington state will pay two children $8.5 million after they claimed the state Department of Social and Health Services failed to protect them from sexual abuse by their foster parent. The children sued the agency in...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines UnitedHealthcare $30,000
Nov 25 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in October against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. A summary of cases of interest to Washington...
Washington Workers’ Comp Rates Dropping Third Straight Year
Nov 25 2019 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance is dropping in Washington for the third consecutive year. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries on Monday announced a 0.8% decrease in the average amount...
Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Confirmed in Washington
Nov 22 2019 // The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network confirmed a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck the region near Coulee City and Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington state. The network reported the earthquake struck about 8:48 on...
Hospital in Washington Addresses Mold Infections, Deaths
Nov 22 2019 // Executives at a Washington state children’s hospital have found additional patient deaths from a mold infection after taking a closer look at their records. KING-TV reported Tuesday that Seattle Children’s CEO...
Elderly Washington Woman Dies After Drop by Ambulance Workers, Suit Charges
Nov 21 2019 // The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash. woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the...
Science, Enforcement Lag as Car Accidents, Claims Rise in Legal Cannabis States
Nov 18 2019 // Car crashes in the first three states to legalize recreational marijuana have soared as law enforcement and regulators struggle to define driving high, let alone determine how to fight it. Colorado, Oregon, and Washington...
Reuters Report: How Plaintiff Lawyers Help Corporate America Keep Its Secrets
Nov 8 2019 // Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling
Nov 7 2019 // California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant on Wednesday of hampering the probe by failing to turn over emails from Chief...
