It’s always nice to be recognized for treating people well. The Laverty family lost a husband and father after an alleged worksite toxic exposure in 2021. This wrongful death case settled in 2024.
Editor: Adam Ramirez, J.D.
The Emerald City is known for its striking skyline, courtesy of the Space Needle, and excellent views of the Puget Sound. But like other cities, it also has its fair share of accidents. Large accidents like the South Lake Union crane collapse and Ride the Ducks crash are well-known cases.
At 17, Emeka Megwa was living a boy’s dream. Chicago-born and Texas-raised, the nationally touted running back stepped from a gangway into a seaplane on the shore of Seattle’s sparkling Lake Union three summers ago.
An Oklahoma football player reportedly has filed a civil lawsuit against the University of Washington for medical negligence when he played for the Huskies.
The Seattle Times reported Thursday that current Oklahoma Sooners running back Emeka Megwa, who played for the Huskies from 2021-22, is suing the university and “nine current or former members of its sports medicine staff, coaching staff, athletic trainers and physical therapists” for negligence in rehabilitating an ACL injury he suffered in June 2021, leading to its reinjury in March 2022.
Seattle Times staff reporter
A former Husky football player filed a civil lawsuit against the University of Washington Monday seeking damages for alleged medical negligence, according to King County Superior Court records.
February 8, 2024
By Elise Takahama
Seattle Times Staff Reporter
A jury has awarded $215,000 to three families of patients who were exposed to Aspergillus mold in Seattle Children’s operating rooms in 2019 — a fungus that has plagued the region’s largest pediatric hospital off and on for more than 20 years.
KOMO News February 8, 2024
SEATTLE — Seattle Children's must pay approximately $215,000 to people who were exposed to aspergillus mold inside the hospital.
A Snohomish County man died from a blood infection likely linked to over-the-counter eye drops, which are now being recalled by its company after federal health officials confirmed a nationwide outbreak this week.
Author: Kristin Goodwillie
SEATTLE — In a lawsuit filed Thursday against Seattle University, four former and current students say the school was deceptive, promising a degree that none of the students ever received.
The students were enrolled in a doctorate program but believed they’d be able to attain a master's in nursing.
GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — The Grant County Coroner’s Office has identified the teenager killed in a violent crash on August 1.
By Pete O’Cain
Wenatchee World Staff Writer
EPHRATA — A Grant County woman on Friday was found responsible for the death of her husband-uncle in a rare civil murder case.
In November 2019, Seattle Children’s Hospital shocked the public by admitting its hospital had been contaminated with Aspergillus mold since 2001 which sickened and caused the death of numerous child patients.
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