PCVA Law has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a former Gig Harbor High School quarterback, who suffered severe injuries during the 2023 “Fish Bowl” game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools. The complaint, filed in Pierce County, outlines a distressing...
Nagy Ibrahim will receive a $1,885,000 settlement in restitution for a dog attack by two adult, unaltered, male American Pit Bulls. Ibrahim alleged that this attack could have been avoided if a Tukwila Motel acted to remove the dogs from its premises and if King County Animal Control performed its duty of properly investigating a previously reported attack by these dogs at the same Motel. King County Animal Control and the Motel denied wrongdoing.
In a landmark legal settlement, Seattle-based climbing gym Vertical World and Colorado-based equipment manufacturer C3 Manufacturing have agreed to pay a combined $6 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a preventable climbing accident that resulted in severe...
The Rainier Beach Safeway Shopping Center parking lot has become a haven for criminal activity thanks to a complete lack of security to protect customers. In one of the most recent incidents, which occurred on July 28, 2023, five people were shot, including two...
Small Plane Crashes While flying in a small plane is statistically safer than driving in a car, accidents do happen, and when they do, they tend to cause serious injuries and death. Consider that for every 100,000 hours flown in private planes, there are 2.3...
Washington State DSHS Lawsuits When people are in the care of a state agency such as the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), it is the responsibility of its employees to ensure their safety. Unfortunately, too often DSHS fails in this duty, and...
Darrell Cochran, Kevin Hastings, and Andrew Ulmer reached a $7.5 million settlement on behalf of an independent contractor working on a residential roof replacement. The plaintiff was injured after falling from the roof of a two-story house. Plaintiff alleged that the...
Chemical Injuries The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates workers suffer more than 190,000 illnesses and 50,000 deaths each year due to exposure to dangerous, mostly unregulated chemicals used in the workplace. The Centers for Disease...
Darrell Cochran and Kevin Hastings reached a $1.25 million settlement with the City of Tacoma Police Department on behalf of an accident survivor. A high-speed chase began when a City of Tacoma officer illegally racially profiled a driver with no probable cause of a...
Wildfire Disaster and Recovery While wildfires can start naturally via the sun’s heat or a lightning strike, it is estimated that 90% of wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human activity. That human activity—leaving a campfire unattended, carelessly disposing of a...
