Latest Washington Headlines
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Washington-based Spirit Aerosystems Hit with Worker Discrimination Suit
Jul 25 2016 // Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. in 2013 filed a lawsuit earlier this month accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability. Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and...
Washington AG Asks Court to Order Immediate Worker Protections at Hanford
Jul 22 2016 // Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has asked a federal court to immediately order the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions, to implement enhanced safety and vapor...
Court Battles Begin as U.S., States Sue to Halt Anthem, Aetna Mergers
Jul 21 2016 // U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into just three. The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop Anthem...
Judge Tells Washington Woman to Repay $25K in Workers’ Comp Scam
Jul 20 2016 // A Washington woman injured in a robbery at her workplace pleaded guilty this week to felony theft. Yurizan Cuevas, 33, of Federal Way, reportedly worked full time as a nanny while claiming she was too disabled to...
Washington Judge Hears Challenge to Law Enabling Uber, Lyft to Unionize
Jul 20 2016 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday wrestled with whether a lawsuit could proceed against the city of Seattle, Wash. over a local law which allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. The litigation is unfolding amid a national debate...
$3.5M Settlement for Family of Dead Washington Bicyclist
Jul 18 2016 // The city of Seattle, Wash. has paid $3.5 million to the family of a bicyclist who died two years ago in a collision with a truck in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Times reported the payment resolves a claim that the...
Washington Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Schools from Quakes: Report
Jul 18 2016 // More than 380,000 students in Washington state live in earthquake-prone areas and attend schools built before seismic construction standards were adopted statewide, according to a Seattle Times report. The newspaper,...
Washington-based Spirit Aerosystems Hit with Worker Discrimination Suit
Jul 12 2016 // Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. in 2013 filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability. Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and another 150...
Arrest Warrant Issued in Washington For Hole-in-One Scammer
Jul 11 2016 // Golf tournament insurance scammer and convicted felon Kevin Kolenda is wanted on a national extradition warrant after he failed to appear in Snohomish County Superior Court in Washington July 7 to face one felony charge...
Washington Transit Operator Settles with Cyclist for $2.75M
Jul 8 2016 // Kitsap Transit has settled a lawsuit with a Washington woman who was hit by a bus while riding her bicycle near Poulsbo. The Kitsap Sun reported the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool, of which Kitsap Transit is a...
Day Care Worker at Washington Center Charged with Child Molestation
Jul 7 2016 // An Auburn, Wash. man has been charged on allegations that he engaged in sexual conduct with two 4-year-old girls at a Renton day care center where he worked. The 21-year-old suspect was charged this week with child...
State, Stillaguamish Tribe Argue over Liability in Washington Mudslide
Jul 6 2016 // The Stillaguamish Tribe is fighting off suggestions by the Washington Attorney General’s Office that it might face liability for the devastating Oso landslide, which wiped out a rural neighborhood and killed 43...
Trial over Spinal Bone Cement Death Begins in Washington
Jun 29 2016 // The physician who used a non-FDA-approved bone cement during a woman’s spinal surgery and the company that ran an illegal test market to promote the dangerous product should be held accountable for her death, a...
Talking Cadillac Tries to Be Heard Over Silicon Valley on Airwaves
Jun 20 2016 // General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades in the making. Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS...
Lockton Combines D.C., Northeast Operations
Jun 17 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton announced that it will add its Washington, D.C., operations to a newly combined Lockton Northeast team. Michael Calabrese will remain as chairman and CEO of the expanded Lockton operations in the...
52 Workers at Washington Nuke Facility Checked for Vapor Exposure
Jun 17 2016 // Two more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have received medical evaluations for possible vapor exposure at the former nuclear weapons production site. The Tri-City Herald reported that the workers said they had...
Washington Doctor Charged with Stealing $359K In Disability, Unemployment Funds
Jun 15 2016 // A Washington physician faces charges in connection with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Washington Department of Insurance. Dr. Jian Xu, 59, faces felony charges in King County Superior Court of...
Washington-based Zillow to Settle Trade Secret Suit by Move Inc. for $130M
Jun 9 2016 // Seattle, Wash.-based real-estate information website Zillow is paying $130 million to settle a lawsuit brought by rival Move Inc. The Seattle Times reported that the settlement was disclosed in securities filings earlier...
Republican Plan Would Scrap Much of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation
Jun 8 2016 // The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee has proposed getting rid of much of the regulation put in place after the financial crisis, unveiling a plan on Tuesday that ignited fierce debate in the...
Travelers Sued Over Fair Housing Act
Jun 6 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of violating local and federal housing...
