Yakima, WA
Personal injury Lawyer at Yakima, WA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
OUTCOME: $20 million
Multi-plaintiff lawsuit against the Diocese of Helena and the Ursuline Nuns of the Western Province for sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy against children in the 1940s through the 1970s in rural Monta ... na.
OUTCOME: $1.4 million
Social workers for the state of Washington placed SR as a foster child in the home of a convicted felon. As a result, SR was sexually and physically abused, and severely neglected, for years.
OUTCOME: $3.75 million
Plaintiff suffered an anoxic brain injury after aspirating in the hospital, due to poor post-operative monitoring of nutrition and ability to protect airway. The hospital and three physicians confiden ... tially settled the case for a record amount in Yakima County.
OUTCOME: $2,150,000
An armored vehicle crossed the median at highway speed, and then entered the wrong lane of travel, causing a head-on collision. The collision killed the passenger and severely injured the driver.
OUTCOME: $1.3 million
A tavern over-served alcohol to a customer who drove the plaintiff home and caused a near-fatal accident. The plaintiff suffered a brain injury as a result.
OUTCOME: $1.1 million
An employee of Mistletoe Logging Company crossed the center line, causing a rollover collision.
OUTCOME: $1,600,000
Logging company failed to train its employees, resulting in log falling on worker.
OUTCOME: $600,000
Logging company employee negligently dropped log on fellow employee.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff
State Farm denied insurance coverage under plaintiff's underinsured motorist policy after plaintiff was injured in an accident on I-90. The accident occurred as a result of a table in the middle of the ... roadway. State Farm claimed that the plaintiff could not prove the table came from a vehicle, and thus denied coverage under plaintiff's insurance policy. State Farm forced the plaintiff to file a lawsuit and prove her case to a jury, which she did, and and received a unanimous verdict from the 12-member jury. State Farm must now not only cover the claim, but pay plaintiff's attorney's fees and costs.
OUTCOME: $2.0 Million
DRIVER OVER-CORRECTS, THROWING PASSENGER FROM VEHICLE.