Over $1,000,000 Cases
Kime v. City of Seattle (August 2002). A $1,750,000 settlement for the death of a 20-year-old for enhanced danger by failing to protect the public during Mardi Gras celebration.
Smith, et al. v. Behr Process Corporation (October 2002). A class action verdict for the benefit of thousands of Western Washington consumers in Grays Harbor County Superior Court in 2000. Breach of warranty and Consumer Protection Act violation case for defects in clear coatings for exterior wood surfaces. The products promoted rather than prevented growth of mildew. The nine class representatives received verdicts from a low of $24,000 to a high of $97,000. Applied to the entire class, the case resulted in a settlement of $67,500,000.
Stipic, et al. v. Behr Process Corporation (October 2002). A class action settlement for the benefit of a nationwide class of consumers for $132,500,000.
Marvin v. Evergreen Hospital (December 2002). An $8,500,000 settlement for a brain injury anesthesia case.
Thompson v. State of Washington, et al. (February 2003). A $2,750,000 settlement for paralyzing injuries sustained in a collision at an intersection lacking adequate traffic control devices.
Tkachev v. Ledcor Industries (USA), Inc. (April 2003). A $2,400,000 settlement for an immigrant laborer who had his right leg amputated below the knee when the general contractor failed to provide guardrails for the 7’6” scaffolding on which he was working.
Glubrecht v. Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (April 2003). A $1,200,000 settlement for a tow truck operator injured by a forklift with a faulty emergency brake resulting in thoracic outlet syndrome, partial removal of a lung and a neck fusion.
James Evans v. State of Washington, et al. (April 2003). A $1,000,000 settlement for a moderate brain injury caused in a collision resulting from a lack of a highway median barrier.
Halasz v. CECO, et al. (May 2003). A $1,750,000 settlement for a carpenter struck by a counterweight on a crane while sitting in a SaniCan, resulting in a closed head injury with resulting seizures.
Doe v. Hospital (June 2003). A settlement of $1,375,000 in infant death case.
Doe v. Doe (July 2003). A $1,500,000 settlement for a woman who lost 75% of the function of one kidney and 25% of the other in an auto crash.
Virnig v. a Safeco insured (August 2003). A $1,500,000 policy limits settlement for a college student who suffered a closed head injury in an auto crash.
Crawford Estate v. Hospital and Doctor (September 2003). A $1,000,000 settlement for the death of an eleven-month-old baby when medical personnel failed to follow up on a radiology report recommending further studies would have revealed a duplication cyst of the small bowel. The baby suffered a bowel perforation at the site of the cyst resulting in peritonitis and death.
Hilde Estate v. Tire Manufacturer and Distributor (September 2003). A $1,657,000 settlement for the death of a 20-year-old promising professional baseball player when the vehicle in which he was riding crashed as a result of a manufacturing defect in a tire.
