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Washington Port to Pay $16M to Injured Worker
Apr 7 2016 // The Port of Bellingham in Washington has been ordered to pay $16 million to an Alaska ferries employee who was injured while operating a faulty loading ramp at the port’s cruise terminal. The Seattle Times reported...
Alliant Acquires Andre-Romberg Insurance Agency in Washington
Apr 4 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Spokane, Wash.-based Andre-Romberg Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Andre-Romberg will operate as part of Alliant Americas. Kurtz, along with...
Washington Man’s Suit Claims Medical Device Caused Brain Damage
Mar 28 2016 // A Washington man is suing a California company, claiming its medical device used to treat aneurysms malfunctioned and caused him to suffer brain damage. The Penumbra Coil 400 was used to treat an aneurysm Dennis Montgomery...
Archdiocese in Washington Settles 8 Abuse Cases for $9M
Mar 25 2016 // The Seattle Archdiocese in Washington will pay just over $9 million to eight women who were sexually abused as children by a former priest in Whatcom and Skagit counties. The abuse occurred between 1968 and 1974 at...
Washington Officials Say 26 Homes in Chelan County at Risk of Landslide
Mar 21 2016 // Emergency management officials in Washington say a neighborhood of 26 homes near Wenatchee is at imminent risk for a landslide. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday the slope between 4900 and 5200...
Washington Commissioner Fines Insurance Professionals $17K
Mar 21 2016 // Wasington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took enforcement action and issued fines totaling $17,675 last month against insurance companies and producers who he says violated state insurance regulations. Here’s...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Washington Man’s Excavator Death
Mar 18 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who was killed when the excavator he was driving tumbled down a cliff about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma, Wash. The News Tribune reports that 22-year-old Jared...
Washington Commissioner Fines Insurance Professionals $17K
Mar 14 2016 // Wasington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took enforcement action and issued fines totaling $17,675 last month against insurance companies and producers who he says violated state insurance regulations. Here’s...
Washington Suit Filed over E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Dairy Festival
Mar 11 2016 // A school district is among the targets of a lawsuit over an E. coli outbreak linked to sickened kids who attended a dairy festival field trip in Washington. The Seattle Times reported families of six kids sickened after...
Washington Casino Dealer Ordered to Repay $27K in Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 9 2016 // A Spokane, Wash. card dealer caught working at casinos while receiving disability benefits must repay more than $27,000. Victor Arredondo, 58, pleaded guilty this week in Spokane County Superior Court to felony...
Washington Judge Orders Lender to Pay Homeowner $213K for Distress
Mar 8 2016 // A nationwide mortgage lender is appealing a $213,000 emotional distress judgment awarded to a Bellevue, Wash. mom who was fighting to keep her home. Leticia Lucero sued Cenlar after the company failed to notify lenders her...
Lack of Fire Alarms Common in Washington City Apartment Complexes
Mar 8 2016 // The Everett, Wash. fire marshal says a recent inspection shows 19 of 26 apartment complexes inspected in the city lack proper fire alarm systems. Fire Marshal Eric Hicks says the owners of those complexes are currently...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Washington Nursing Home
Mar 7 2016 // A nursing home in Marysville, Wash., has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. An Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville Care Center in connection...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Washington Nursing Home
Feb 24 2016 // A nursing home in Marysville, Wash has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. The Daily Herald reported an Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville...
Fatal Fire in Washington Bikini Coffee Stand Caused by Propane
Feb 22 2016 // Fire investigators say they’ve completed their investigation into a blaze that killed a woman working in a coffee stand where baristas wear bikinis. Everett Fire Department investigators said in a February news...
Washington Apple Grower Settles Harassment, Retaliation Suits for $272K
Feb 9 2016 // One of the largest apple producers in the United States will pay $272,000 to 20 claimants as part of a settlement resolving sexual harassment and retaliation claims pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
Fatal Fire in Washington Bikini Coffee Stand Caused by Propane
Feb 8 2016 // Fire investigators say they’ve completed their investigation into a blaze that killed a woman working in a coffee stand where baristas wear bikinis. Everett Fire Department investigators said Thursday in a news...
President Signs Disaster Declaration for Washington’s December Storms
Feb 4 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for damage done by December wind and rain storms, making federal assistance available in 10 Washington counties. Gov. Jay Inslee thanked Obama this week for signing...
Alliant Acquires Aviation Agency John F. Throne & Co. in Washington
Feb 3 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired John F. Throne & Co., a Seattle, Wash.-based aviation insurance agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. John F. Throne’s leadership, client services and business...
Snowed-Under East Coast Cities Getting Closer to Normal Routines
Jan 27 2016 // After more than three days with life at a virtual standstill in the nation’s capital and elsewhere up and down the East Coast, the cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm were getting closer to their normal...
