Justice slowly but surely: Toasting the Frye test

Trial News It has happened to all of us. There you are, sitting in the courtroom waiting for the judge to appear and issue a ruling. The judge finally emerges from wherever it is that judges go to decide which of your arguments do or don’t stink. You and your client bolt to attention. You look across the courtroom and … Read More

Supreme Court Win!

The Supreme Court unanimously held that if the scientific methodology upon which an expert relies is generally accepted in the relevant scientific community, the evidence is admissible under Frye, without separately requiring widespread acceptance of the plaintiff¹s theory of causation. For more detail,  click on the link provided.   Opinion

City, Fehlman remain part of Ostling lawsuit

BY DENNIS ANSTINE A federal judge has denied a motion by the city and Police Chief Jon Fehlman to dismiss their inclusion in the civil rights lawsuit stemming from the shooting death of Douglas Ostling by a Bainbridge police officer on Oct. 26, 2010. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton released a ruling on Tuesday that said the Ostling family … Read More

Judge won’t let Bainbridge Island, police chief out of wrongful shooting suit

BY TRISTAN BAURICK | The Kitsap Sun BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — The city of Bainbridge Island and its police chief can’t duck out of a wrongful police shooting lawsuit they say should be directed solely at the officer who shot and killed a mentally ill man late last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled this week. The pretrial ruling was … Read More

Lakewood officers’ widows file claim against Department of Corrections

By STEPHANIE KLEIN | MyNorthwest.com The widows of two of four slain Lakewood police officers have filed a damages claim that accuses the Washington Department of Corrections of bungling its supervision of Maurice Clemmons. “This was an offender from Arkansas who wanted to come to Washington. Washington agreed to take him, but as part of that agreement, Washington was supposed … Read More

Jury faults Fed. Way police in fatal stabbing of woman

BY JENNIFER SULLIVAN | The Seattle Times A King County Superior Court jury has awarded the family of a woman a $1.1 million civil judgment after finding the Federal Way Police Department’s negligence led to her 2008 murder atthe hands of her boyfriend. Baerbel “Babs” Roznowski, 66, was fatally stabbed by Chan “Paul” Kim immediately after policeserved him with an … Read More

Jury finds Federal Way police negligent in protection order case

BY STEVE MAYNARD | The News Tribune A jury today found the City of Federal Way was negligent because its police officer failed to enforce an anti-harassment protection order, resulting in the murder of Baerbel Roznowski in 2008. The jury awarded Roznowski’s estate $1.1 million in the civil lawsuit brought by her daughters, Carola Washburn and Janet Loh, against the … Read More