Veterans deserve better
The U.S. government and Cerner’s negligence delayed Charlie Bourg’s cancer diagnosis – essentially costing him his life. Now he’s fighting to keep it from happening to other veterans. U.S. Army
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Holding Nationwide accountable for egregious bad faith
In a win for insurance consumers, a Spokane County judge and jury leveled more than $103 million in judgments against Nationwide Insurance, holding the insurance company accountable for egregious misconduct
Crane collapse: Standing up for safety and accountability
In March 2022, a King County jury returned a $150 million verdict that included two families who lost loved ones in the deadly 2019 crane collapse in Seattle’s South Lake
Pursuing justice for victims of the 2017 Amtrak derailment
In December 2017, an Amtrak train plunged off a railroad overpass onto Interstate 5, killing three people and injuring dozens more. The train was on its first paid passenger run
Medical errors during birth lead to baby’s brain damage
Luvera Law Firm represented a Port Townsend family whose baby suffered a permanent brain injury when she slowly suffocated during labor and delivery at Jefferson Healthcare Medical Center. In December
Securing justice for family against Alaska Airlines
In 2017, 75-year-old Bernice Kekona was traveling home from Hawaii to Spokane via Alaska Airlines, with a connecting flight in Portland. Kekona was an amputee and used a wheelchair, and
Swedish Health fails to identify brain hemorrhage, causing stroke
Luvera Law Firm secured an $18 million settlement with Swedish Health Services and others in a medical negligence case involving a radiologist who failed to identify evidence of a brain
Appeals court upholds jury verdict against UW Medical Center
In 2019, a jury rendered a $1.48 million verdict against the State of Washington’s University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) for not training its staff on its own safe patient