DSHS foster care abuse
Jan 15, 2013OUTCOME: $3 Million Recovery
Represented two victims of abuse. Children were placed in foster home with child molester.
Tacoma, WA
Personal injury Lawyer at Tacoma, WA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
OUTCOME: $3 Million Recovery
Represented two victims of abuse. Children were placed in foster home with child molester.
OUTCOME: $12.5 million settlement
Represented the victims of the Lakewood police shootings against the Department of Corrections.
OUTCOME: $3.5 million recovery
Represented family of deceased wife and child against primary care clinic.
OUTCOME: $18.2 million settlement
Represented families in litigation arising from the Marysville school shooting, which killed four students and injured one.
OUTCOME: $16.7 million jury verdict
Represented the family of Kathryn Flyte in litigation involving failure to obtain informed consent during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The jury awarded $16.7 million in damages.
OUTCOME: $2.8 million jury verdict; approximately $3.5 million total recovery
Represented Seattle police officers in employment retaliation litigation. The jury returned awards for Sgt. Ella Elias and Capt. David Proudfoot totaling approximately $2.8 million. Total recovery was ... approximately $3.5 million.
OUTCOME: $150,000 settlement paid by the City of Seattle; no admission of wrongdoing by Murray
Served as lead counsel for Delvonn Heckard in litigation alleging childhood sexual abuse by then-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. A later lawsuit against Murray and the City of Seattle included defamation clai ... ms arising from Murray’s public response. The litigation drew substantial public attention to allegations against a powerful elected official. In December 2017, the City agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve the lawsuit. Murray denied the allegations and admitted no wrongdoing.
OUTCOME: $14 million total recoveries
Claims involving abuse of children placed in a home.
OUTCOME: More than $7.8 million in recoveries
Negligent adoption litigation.
OUTCOME: $6.75 million total recoveries
Childhood sexual abuse claims involving swim coach Andrew King.