Exemplary Cases

(Plaintiff) V. (Defendant Restaurant)

  • Practice Area: Voyeurism
  • Outcome: Settled for Confidential Sum
  • Description: Restaurant employee secretly used camera phone to observe customer using restroom.

(Plaintiff) V. (Defendant Orchard)

  • Practice Area: Wrongful Death
  • Outcome: Settlement $700,000.00
  • Description: Motorcyclist was fatally injured when he rear ended a tractor/crop sprayer.

(Plaintiff) V. (Defendant Cosmetic Surgeon)

  • Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
  • Outcome: Settled for Confidential Sum
  • Description: Cosmetic surgery – patient injured and disfigured by cosmetic surgeon.

(Plaintiff) V. (Defendant Nursing Home)

  • Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
  • Outcome: Settled for Confidential Sum
  • Description: Improper and traumatic removal of a Foley Catheter by nursing home employee.

(Plaintiff) V. (Defendant Motorist)

  • Practice Area: Personal Injury
  • Outcome: Settlement $219,852.00.
  • Description: Crosswalk motor vehicle vs. pedestrian collision resulting in soft-tissue foot injury.

(Plaintiff)Vs. (Defendant School District)

  • Practice Area: Personal Injury / School Negligence
  • Outcome: Settlement for $150,000.00
  • Description: 4th grade student was burned by hot soup prepared at her school.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Retail Store)

  • Practice Area: Slip and Fall Accident
  • Date: Sep 17, 2009
  • Outcome: Settlement $400,000.00
  • Description: Trip-and-fall in retail clothing store resulting in facial injuries.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Logging Company and Logger)

  • Practice Area: Personal Injury / Workplace Injury / Brain Injury / Logging Accident
  • Date: Jul 28, 2009
  • Outcome: Settlement $1,500,000.00
  • Description: Logging accident involving misuse of a log loader, resulting in brain injury.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Grocery Store)

  • Practice Area: Slip and Fall Accident
  • Outcome: Settlement $175,000.00.
  • Description: Grocery store slip and fall.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Motorist and Insurance Company)

  • Practice Area: Personal Injury / Automobile Collision
  • Outcome: Settlement for $300,000.00 (policy limits)
  • Description: Varsity cheerleader suffered fractured femur in automobile collision.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (State of Washington)

  • Practice Area: Government Liability / Personal Injury / Automobile Collision
  • Outcome: Settlement $460,000.00
  • Description: Washington State Trooper failed to yield the right of way to another motorist, resulting in aggravation of a pre-existing back injury.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Product Manufacturer)

  • Practice Area: Products Liability / Personal Injury
  • Outcome: Verdict for $94,000.00
  • Description: Client suffered a hand laceration when she tried to unscrew the cap of a defective glass bottle, and the bottle broke apart.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Hospital)

  • Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
  • Outcome: Confidential Settlement
  • Description: Hospital staff left a surgical sponge in a patient, resulting in a MRSA infection.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Dental Clinic)

  • Practice Area: Dental Malpractice
  • Outcome: Judgment for $32,000.00
  • Description: Dentist performed a negligent bridge preparation, resulting in bridge failure and tooth loss.

(Plaintiff) Vs. (Defendant Dog Owner)

  • Practice Ares: Dog Bite
  • Outcome: Settlement for $40,000.00

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