Settlements

Insurance Misconduct

• $ 5 million

  Insurer sued for bad faith refusal to provide coverage and negotiate in nursing home negligence case

• $ 8 million

  Insurer sued for bad faith refusal to provide coverage when jet ski accident caused severe injuries

Maritime Injuries

• $1.7 million

  Faulty towing set-up caused tow line to strike seaman, causing significant leg injuries and rendering him unfit for sea duty

Airplane Accidents

• $1.3 million

  Commercial airliner lost pressure after attendants failed to properly close door, causing passenger to completely lose hearing

• $3 million

  Flight nurse died after helicopter she was in crashed into Puget Sound as a result of broken piston rod

Medical Malpractice

• $1.3 million

  Delayed diagnosis of skin cancer causes significantly increased chance of recurrence and shortened life expectancy

• $2 million

  30 year old wife and mother of two dies due to negligent delay in diagnosis and treatment of critically low potassium and calcium

• $2.2 million

  Delayed diagnosis of colon cancer causing man’s death

• $2.3 million

  Child suffers brain injury when given 10 times the correct dosage of chemotherapy medication

• $3 million

  71 year old woman suffers paraplegia when doctor negligent delays review of CT scan

• $3.3 million

  32 year old man suffers brain damage when given wrong dosage of medication in emergency room where he’d gone for minor injury

• $4.5 million

  Baby suffers brain injury when doctor negligently delays delivery

• $5 million

  Obstetrician negligently delays delivery causing baby to suffer brain injury and later death

• $6 million

  Negligently performed epidural injection while woman in labor causes cardiac arrest and brain damage

• $6.5 million

  Failure to treat bacterial infection from broken arm causes brain injury to 9 year old girl

• $7 million

  Infant suffers brain damage when nurse negligently infuses breast milk in central venous catheter

• $7 million

  Man’s throat severely burned by fire when laser ignites anesthesia gases during routine vocal cord surgery in Bellingham

• $10 million

  Baby suffers cerebral palsy due to mid-wife and hospital negligence

• $13 million

  Baby suffers catastrophic brain injuries when hospital botches prenatal ultrasound leading to attempted vaginal delivery and crash C-section

Defective Products

• $7.4 million

  Pharmaceutical company failed to warn of drug interaction; drug severely worsened medical condition for disabled child

• $1.3 million

  Three-year-old boy suffered kidney damage after drinking Odwalla juice during the 1996 E. Coli outbreak

• $2 million

  The roof of a Toyota Tacoma truck crushed a passenger during a severe rollover accident, leaving the man quadriplegic

• $10 million

  Six-year-old boy contracted Hepatitis A from a Subway restaurant, suffered severe liver damage requiring transplant

Automobile Accidents

• $ 1.2 million

  Woman suffers severe facial injuries when thrown from car after trying to avoid oncoming car illegally passing in her lane

• $1.5 million

  Husband and father of three killed when Sheriff’s deputy sped through stop sign

• $1.7 million

  65 year old retired woman killed by truck while walking on side of road

• $ 2 million

  High school student suffers severe neurological injuries when struck by car while jogging on side of street in PE class

• $ 7 million

  Husband and father of two killed by cement truck running red light

• $ 9.2 million

  Family members suffer severe injuries when struck head on by car in wrong lane

Personal Injury

• $1.2 million

  A 4-year-old fell from improperly protected playground equipment, resulting in permanent cognitive injuries

• $1.5 million

  A 32-year-old father of three was killed when a Sheriff’s Deputy sped through a stop sign and hit the victim’s car

• $2 million

  High school student hit by car during a run on arterial streets during physical education class, suffered loss of motor control and other neurological damage

• $1.2 million

  A 16-year-old driver caused a severe auto accident when he tried to pass illegally, forcing a woman in the oncoming lane to swerve down a steep embankment; she suffered severe facial injuries after being thrown from the car

• $3.2 million

  An apartment complex owner, gas and service company failed to install proper safeguards to prevent carbon monoxide leaking from a gas water heater, leading to poisoning and injury of two tenants

• $75 million

  Oil pipeline blast killed two boys

• $2.5 million

  Landmark Settlement Reached in DC Sniper Lawsuit. Manufacturer, Dealer to pay more than $2.5 million to victims. First time gun maker pays damages for criminal shooting.

• $9.2 million

  Four family members were struck head on by a car coming from the opposite direction which was in the wrong lane causing severe injuries to all.

• $7 million

  Wrongful death case, 47 year old married man, father of two killed when cement truck runs red light.

Corporate Wrongdoing

• $4.3 million

  Worker burned to death by explosion in Anacortes, Washington after refinery bypassed safety procedures

• $7.7 million

  Worker suffers permanent brain injuries due to unsafe working conditions including faulty scaffolding and hazardous gases

• $45 million

  Six workers killed in oil refinery explosion in Anacortes, Washington caused by extreme negligence

• $75 million

  Olympic pipeline explosion in Bellingham, Washington kills 2 boys