September 30, 2021
A woman has filed a lawsuit against King County Metro in Washington claiming a bus driver ran over her leg while she was laying on a Renton sidewalk and then drove away. Jessica Chapel’s injuries were so severe that doctors …
September 29, 2021
Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless immigration sweeps, the state attorney general …
September 29, 2021
A federal jury has awarded two men who live south of Tacoma, Wash., a total of $3.26 million for injuries suffered when they were shot by one of the town of Roy’s two police officers during a drunken joy ride …
September 27, 2021
Gas utility Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), a unit of Sempra Energy, said on Monday it has reached agreements that are expected to resolve substantially all civil litigation related to a 2015 natural gas storage facility leak. As a result of …
September 24, 2021
Federal lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The bill would update the Limitation of Liability Act …
September 23, 2021
San Jose State University has agreed to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled by the university, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The payment is part of a settlement …
September 23, 2021
A man who accused Seattle police officers of physical abuse after they entered his home two years ago during a welfare check has reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Under the settlement, the city didn’t admit wrongdoing and Howard …
September 20, 2021
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 325,000 policyholders who have been affected by Northern California wildfires across 22 counties. Lara in early September issued similar orders following emergency …
September 20, 2021
The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death. Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet Carter-Mixon, and mother, Marcia …
September 17, 2021
The state of Utah didn’t do enough to make sure a remote highway was safe before a tour bus crashed, killing four people from China and injuring two dozen more in 2019, family and survivors said in a lawsuit filed …