PCVA partners Tom Vertetis and Darrell Cochran represent multiple families whose children may have been caught on cameras hidden in bathrooms and locker rooms at Alki Middle School and Skyview High School. The alleged perpetrator, James Mattson, was arrested in...
PCVA attorneys Michael Pfau, Mallory Allen and Alyssa Nevala represent a Snohomish County firefighter who alleges he was sexually harassed by a superior. The plaintiff was hired as a probationary firefighter in August 2019 by South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue. As...
What You Need to Know about the USC Tyndall Sex Abuse Settlement For 30 years, George Tyndall worked at the University of Southern California’s school clinic, where he was the only full-time gynecologist. While at USC, Tyndall is alleged to have sexually abused...
In a proposed settlement, the Diocese of Rochester agreed to pay $55 million to survivors of sexual abuse. “This proposed settlement sends a clear message that insurance companies cannot hold these bankrupt dioceses hostage and force abuse survivors to agree to cheap...
Darrell Cochran and Chris Love finalized a $25-million covenant judgment settlement, one of the largest in state history, with Olympia Early Learning Center on behalf of six survivors who were sexually abused by a caregiver at the day care. Covenant judgment...
Darrell Cochran, Kevin Hastings and Patrick Brown reached a $4.9-million settlement with the Washington Department of Social and Health Services on behalf of 9 individuals who were sexually abused as residents of Toutle River Boys Ranch in Cowlitz County, Washington....
Attorneys Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown recently settled two sex abuse lawsuits against the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese for a combined total of $1.46 million. PCVA represented two women who were abused when they were students at St. Louise Parish School in...
In a $2.4 million confidential settlement, Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown helped a King County woman resolve claims against her Seattle employer for on-the-job sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated by a supervisor and co-workers. “Our client worked in conditions...
Student Sexual Abuse According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. And every 9 minutes, that victim is a child. Sexual abuse is a horrific crime, often committed by people in power against...
Attorney Steven Reich represents two men, both of whom allege they were sexually abused as minors by an elder in their Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation. The case is one of many revealing a long history of covered-up sex abuse allegations within the faith. Jehovah’s...
