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Washington State Utility Caused Fatal Fire, Lawsuit Contends
Jun 26 2019 // The family of a Washington man who died in a house fire has filed a lawsuit against a public utility. The Everett Herald reported that the family of 93-year-old Glen Allen filed the wrongful death lawsuit against the...
Washington Hotel Owner Faces Charges Over Asbestos Removal, Fined $355K
Jun 24 2019 // A Seattle, Wash. hotel owner is facing a felony perjury charge and state Clean Air Act violations after authorities said he lied about having uncertified workers remove asbestos during a renovation. Attorney General Bob...
Oil Shippers Continue Sailing Through Strait of Hormuz – with Heightened Security
Jun 21 2019 // A series of attacks on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran – and raised fears over the safety of one of Asia’s most vital energy trade routes, where about a fifth...
Washington Supreme Court Rules Against Florist in Gay Wedding Case
Jun 17 2019 // A florist who refused to provide floral arrangements for the wedding of a same-sex couple violated the state’s consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws, Washington’s Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling...
Washington Proposes Changes to Safety Rules for Refinery Workers
Jun 17 2019 // Washington state officials are working to revise regulations that aim to keep oil refinery workers safe. The state Department of Labor and Industries has developed a new set of rules that include updates to equipment...
Washington Insurance Fraud Cases Result in Guilty Pleas
Jun 13 2019 // Two insurance fraud suspects pleaded guilty and one suspect entered a diversion program after investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Abdikarin A. Mohamed pleaded guilty...
Elk Damage to Washington Farms Estimated at $1.4M
Jun 11 2019 // The growing elk population in the Skagit County, Wash. is costing farmers $1.4 million a year, according to a new estimate. That figure is slightly down from the $1.5 million estimate released in January, the Skagit Valley...
Washington Supreme Court Rules Against Florist in Gay Wedding Case
Jun 7 2019 // A florist who refused to provide floral arrangements for the wedding of a same-sex couple violated the state’s consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws, Washington’s Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling...
Washington Proposes Changes to Safety Rules for Refinery Workers
Jun 5 2019 // Washington state officials are working to revise regulations that aim to keep oil refinery workers safe. The Skagit Valley Herald reported that the state Department of Labor and Industries has developed a new set of rules...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
Jun 3 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
Driver Involved in Washington Duck Boat Crash Gets $2M Settlement
May 28 2019 // The driver of a duck boat vehicle in the 2015 deadly crash in Seattle has accepted a $2 million settlement for his claims against the tour company. SeattlePI.com reports Eric Bishop announced the settlement Friday in...
Washington Man Pleads Guilty, 4 Others Charged in Pay-As-You-Crash Cases
May 28 2019 // One man was sentenced and four people were charged in separate insurance fraud investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Paul Albarella, of Kennewick, pleaded...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
May 23 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
London Marine Insurers Expand Middle East Threat Zone After Saudi Ship Attacks
May 17 2019 // London’s marine insurance market has extended the list of waters deemed high risk to include Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf after ship attacks off Fujairah, officials said on Friday, in a move that could...
New Washington Law Requires Plan for Statewide Disaster Resilience
May 14 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s proposal to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate disasters was signed into law this week by Gov. Jay Inslee. Senate Bill 5106 passed through state...
Washington’s New Short-Term Rental Law Requires Liability Insurance
May 13 2019 // Legislation signed into law by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee requires short-term rentals to remit all taxes, maintain liability insurance and includes critical consumer safety provisions, according to the Washington...
9 Guilty So Far in Massive Washington Fraud Case
May 3 2019 // Nine people have pleaded guilty in a massive case of fraud in Washington in which the participants smashed cars into each other and committed other staged accidents in four western states to collect more than $6 million...
Washington D.C. Plans to Confront Climate Change by Retrofitting Flood-Prone Buildings
Apr 29 2019 // Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S. city to set such a policy. The proposal is part of a broader plan to protect Washington, which is...
Crane Collapse Casts Pall Over Seattle’s Rapid Growth
Apr 29 2019 // The crane collapse in the heart of Seattle’s tech hub Saturday ended four lives, cast a pall on the city’s rapid expansion and may lead to tens in millions of dollars of costs for a building that Alphabet...
Former Washington Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft
Apr 26 2019 // Former Washington insurance agent Abu Ameena Ward has pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to pay $18,666 in restitution to Farmers Insurance and $700 in court...
