Latest Washington Headlines
All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Awards $600K in Idaho Triple-Fatal Boat Crash
Nov 5 2018 // An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $600,000 in a civil...
Cascade Insurance Agency in Washington Merges with Leavitt Group
Oct 30 2018 // Oak Harbor, Wash.-based Cascade Insurance Agency merged operations with Leavitt Group Northwest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Shelli Trumbull will join Sue Blouin and Bonnie Wallin in Leavitt Group’s Oak...
Transit Authority in Washington Settles Bus Fatality for $7.7M
Oct 30 2018 // King County Metro Transit in Washington has apologized and made a multimillion-dollar payment to the family of an Amazon employee who was killed last year by a turning bus. The Seattle Times reports 43-year-old John Ahn...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Richter International Consulting in Washington
Oct 24 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Issaquah, Wash.-based Richter International Consulting LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founder Dave Richter and his associates will continue to operate from their...
Washington Packing House to Pay $525K in Sexual Harassment Settlement
Oct 23 2018 // A Grant County, Wash. vegetable-packing house will pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a supervisor groped, propositioned and retaliated against female workers. The Seattle Times reports State Attorney General Bob...
Suit Says Safeco Field in Washington Discriminates Against Wheelchair Users
Oct 22 2018 // Wheelchair users attending Seattle Mariners baseball games at Safeco Field get a “second-class” experience, a nonprofit disability-rights law firm says, and has filed a discrimination lawsuit. The Seattle Times...
$28M Settlement for Washington Crash Survivor
Oct 19 2018 // Washington state has agreed to pay a $28 million settlement to woman who was left quadriplegic in wreck on Interstate 5 in DuPont. The News Tribune reported 20-year-old Skylar Seward filed a lawsuit against the state...
More Washington Troopers Filing Carbon Monoxide Claims
Oct 15 2018 // Two more Washington State Patrol troopers plan to sue the state over carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the total number of troopers intending to sue to seven. KOIN-TV reported Trooper Chad Prentice of Vancouver and...
Washington Lands Commissioner Wants $55M for Wildfires
Oct 12 2018 // Washington’s Public Lands Commissioner wants lawmakers to increase the amount of money that the state spends to fight wildfires and prevent future blazes. Hilary Franz, who oversees the Department of Natural...
Washington Woman Settles for $275K in Case Alleging Officer Harassment
Oct 8 2018 // A woman who says she was harassed and intimidated by a police officer in the southwest Washington city of Woodland has settled a lawsuit against him for $275,000. The Daily News in Longview reported that the city’s...
U.S. Warns of New Cyber Attacks by Group with China Ties
Oct 4 2018 // The U.S. government on Wednesday warned that a hacking group widely known as cloudhopper, which Western cybersecurity firms have linked to the Chinese government, has launched attacks on technology service providers in a...
Rapper Nelly Settles Washington Sex Assault Lawsuit
Oct 1 2018 // The rapper Nelly has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in Washington by a woman who alleges that he raped her on his tour bus then defamed her when he claimed she made up the accusation. The Seattle Times reported...
Washington Employers May See Big Drop in Workers’ Comp Costs
Oct 1 2018 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington could drop significantly in 2019. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries in late September proposed a 5 percent decrease in the average premium...
Stone Creek Expands in Washington with Four New Hires
Sep 27 2018 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency is expanding its Spokane, Wash. presence with the addition of four new employees. San Francisco Bay Area-based Stone Creek launched its Spokane office in February. Charles Hook has been named...
Washington Employers May See Big Drop in 2019 Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 20 2018 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington could drop significantly in 2019. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries this week proposed a 5 percent decrease in the average premium...
Washington Tow Company Being Sued over Sale of Serviceman’s Car
Sep 14 2018 // A Washington Tacoma towing company is being accused of illegally selling an impounded car belonging to a serviceman deployed on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier. The News Tribune reported the state Attorney...
Family of Unarmed Man Killed by Washington Police Settles for $13M
Sep 11 2018 // The city of Lakewood, Wash., its police chief and two officers have agreed to pay $13 million to the family of an unarmed black man who was killed four years ago as he clutched his 4-year-old son following a four-hour...
Washington Fines Insurance Providers, Including T-Mobile, for Illegal Rebates
Sep 10 2018 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in July totaling $115,050 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for reported violations of state insurance regulations. The alleged violators and their...
Major Hotels Agree to Provide Staff with Panic Buttons to Fight Harassment
Sep 7 2018 // Major hotel chains including Marriott International Inc and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. said on Thursday they are arming U.S. employees with panic buttons to fight sexual harassment and crime, an about-face for an...
Boeing Sued Over Contamination of Washington River
Sep 3 2018 // A new lawsuit says the Boeing aircraft company is poisoning the Duwamish River by pumping out pollution that is far and away above the legal limit. Environmental groups Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action Project say the...
