The State of Washington has agreed to pay $10.5M to settle lawsuits brought by four men who suffered horrendous sexual and physical abuse at Boys Village group homes in Ellensburg and Seattle. The settlement was announced by Darrell Cochran, co-founding partner at PCVA Law and the lead attorney in the case.
Insurer Failed To Honor Premium, Defend Child Care Center In Sexual Misconduct Cases In a significant legal victory, attorney Darrell Cochran and team at Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala have achieved a landmark $28.5 million settlement in a case involving breach of...
Last week, the State of Washington agreed to pay $15,000,000 to our clients, three sisters, J.P., R.P., and S.P., who were sexually abused at a foster home in Centralia, Washington in the 1990s. The settlement allows the State to avoid a 3-week jury trial scheduled to...
Washington State has agreed to pay $3.25 million for a young girl who suffered years of horrific physical and sexual abuse in what some are calling one the most egregious failures of the state’s child welfare system ever. The settlement follows years of work led by Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC. attorneys Ian Bauer, Darrell L. Cochran, and Michael McNeil.
This week, we filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Seattle alleging for our client who was sexually abused by three adults at St. John Catholic School in the 1980s. The survivor in the lawsuit, R.C., suffered sexual abuse by a priest, Father Edward Boyle, and...
