School Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm Face Tough Legal Road January 13, 2023 By Gene Johnson Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing...
Washington Schools Suing over Social Media Harm January 9, 2023 By Gene Johnson The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube...
Jury Awards $595K in Washington Salmon Pen Collapse June 24, 2022 By Gene Johnson A Washington state jury on awarded the Lummi Indian tribe $595,000 over the 2017 collapse of a net pen where...
Jury Awards $100M-Plus to Victims of Washington Crane Collapse March 16, 2022 By Gene Johnson A jury awarded more than $100 million this week to some of the victims of a tower crane collapse that...
Inside the New Mexico Movie Set Where Baldwin’s Gun Fired October 29, 2021 By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan and Gene Johnson Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank...
Family Files Lawsuit in Police Restraint Death in Washington September 20, 2021 By Gene Johnson The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since...
Uber to Pay $3.4M to Drivers in Seattle Gig Worker Leave Law Settlement June 25, 2021 By Gene Johnson Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after making mistakes related to Seattle’s pioneering paid...
Woman Abused by Washington Band Teacher Settles for $2M December 11, 2020 By Gene Johnson A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse...
Washington City Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $8M December 7, 2020 By Gene Johnson The city of Tacoma, Wash., has agreed to an $8 million settlement for a man who was paralyzed and had...
Small Businesses in Seattle Pinched as Virus Keeps Workers Home March 11, 2020 By Rachel Lerman and Gene Johnson The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle’s usually busy downtown streets after Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands...