A Call for Witnesses: Survivors of Sexual Predator Gary Shafer Gary Shafer was a bus driver who sexually abused young children while working for the Olympia School District in Washington State between 2005 and 2011. In 2011, Shafer was convicted of sexually abusing...
A criminal investigation is underway against three administrators at Squalicum High School for alleged improper handling of student complaints of sexual abuse. A federal lawsuit was also filed last week, alleging that the school district “engaged in a pattern of...
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...
