By Sara Jean Green | The Seattle Times The state Department of Corrections (DOC) has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of a 12-year-old Skyway boy shot in the back by a known gang member on community supervision. Alajawan Brown stepped off a Metro bus on April 29, 2010, after buying a pair of … Read More
Quantity of care | A lost voice
By Mike Baker | The Seattle Times After enduring years of painful headaches and injuries, Talia Goldenberg — a lively, uninhibited artist — was ready for surgery to help stabilize her flexible spine. Talia Goldenberg emerged from the fog of anesthesia. The 23-year-old wiggled her toes. She wagged her feet. Good signs for a patient coming out of spinal … Read More
TPCBA 2015 Community Service Award Recipient: Jack Connelly
TPCBA TPCBA Community Service Award: Distinguished Law Firm or Agency “Award designated for a group of attorneys who work together as a group to improve their community, whether through legal or non-legal work. Recipient: Connelly Law Offices Service: For exemplary service as a firm working to improve the Pierce County community.” Source: https://www.tpcba.com/about/committees/community-service-recognition/
Former Stadium High student sexually molested by guard gets $500,000 settlement
By Alexis Krell | The News Tribune A former Stadium High School pupil will receive $500,000 to settle a lawsuit against Tacoma Public Schools regarding a security guard who had sex with her and other students. The student, identified in court records as C.J., settled the suit earlier this month, according to documents given to The News Tribune by her attorney, Lincoln … Read More
DOC pays domestic violence victim $1.1 million
King 5 News A Washington woman settled a lawsuit with the Department of Corrections for $1.1 million this week after she says the DOC didn’t do enough to keep her safety after a offender was released in September of 2012. The case involves an inmate named Roosevelt Reed. He was in prison from 1999 to 2012 on a domestic violence … Read More
Seattle Schools settles sex-abuse case for nearly $250K
By Sara Jean Green | The Seattle Times A 22-year-old woman recently settled a lawsuit she filed against Seattle Public Schools over the alleged sexual comments and abuse she suffered as a 12-year-old at the hands of her computer teacher at Nathan Eckstein Middle School. The settlement is for a penny under $250,000, an amount that would have triggered mandatory notification … Read More
Federal Way Council approves $125,000 settlement with woman who fell
By RAECHEL DAWSON |Federal Way Mirror Reporter The Federal Way City Council unanimously approved a $125,000 lawsuit settlement on Tuesday night after a woman alleged the city was responsible for her fall at the Federal Way Community Center in February 2013. Sabrina Martin filed the lawsuit in March 2014 before requesting the city pay $450,000 in October 2014. Her medical … Read More
Island County Sheriff’s Office faces $10M claim over serial pedophile
By Sara Jean Green | The Seattle Times Two former Whidbey Island women who say they were sexually abused as children by their swim coach — a serial pedophile now serving a 40-year prison sentence in California — received a combined $1.4 million settlement this week from the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District, according to the women’s attorneys. Like the … Read More