Recent Cases
The Laverty family lost a husband and father after an alleged worksite toxic exposure in 2021. This wrongful death case settled in 2024.
A husband and father died of an infection from a contaminated product manufactured overseas and sold online. The case partially resolved in 2024.
My client was severely burned when a fire ignited on his Go Kart in 2023. The case settled in 2024.
Settlement 2023
Liability insurer paid $950,000 over policy limits in a wrongful death case where we alleged the insurer failed to negotiate the claim in good faith when the victim's father was unrepresented. Co-counsel: Ronaldo Delgado of Moses Lake, WA.
Settlement 2022
The cauda equina is a bundle of nerve roots at the lower end of the spinal cord. Just like with the spinal cord, damage or disruption can lead to paralysis.
Settlement 2022
The plaintiff underwent a foot fusion and ankle operation that resulted in avascular necrosis of bones in the foot. $1,500,000 settlement.
There is a quote attributed to Buddha: Three things cannot be hidden long—the sun, the moon, and the truth. In this case it took seven years, but the truth is no longer hidden. According to a Grant County jury, Tracy Nessl McNamara killed Tim McNamara on Christmas Day in Belize, 2014.
SETTLEMENT 2021
Client was exiting one vehicle when he was struck and pinned by another. He suffered a dislocated hip and acetabular fracture. Both the liability and UIM insurance policies offered prompt settlements totaling $500,000.
SETTLEMENT NOVEMBER 2021
Our client was an avid cyclist riding on SR 500 in Vancouver, Washington when an uinsured driver pulled out from a stop sign and struck him. He suffered life threatening injuries. Within months of initiating a UIM claim, the UIM insurance company paid $500,000 policy limits.