The Laverty family lost a husband and father after an alleged worksite toxic exposure in 2021. This wrongful death case settled in 2024.
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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.
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I along with Karen Koehler represent the adult children of Timothy McNamara, who died on Christmas Day 2014 in Belize from a gunshot wound to the back-right side of the head. The person with him that night was his niece and purported wife, Tracy Nessl (who changed her last name to McNamara). She had claimed, among many things, that Mr. McNamara committed suicide.
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VERDICT DELIVERED FEBRUARY 2019: $123 million jury verdict, plus over $10 million in settlements. On September 24, 2015, the worst mass transit disaster in Seattle history occurred when a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle full of tourists suffered a catastrophic axle fracture on the Aurora Bridge and crashed into a Motor Coach carrying international students from North Seattle College. A total of five students were killed and 70 others injured.
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SETTLEMENT DECEMBER 2017. Mother and son died in a condominium fire started by a downstairs neighbor, and did not escape in time because the homeowners association failed to install mandatory common area smoke detectors. Multi-million dollar recovery for the surviving spouse and son.
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SETTLEMENT MAY 2018. I represented the family of a brilliant young woman who recently graduated from Columbia University and moved home to Seattle to live with her family. Just months after starting her new life, she drowned during a beginner Scuba class after her instructor lost track of the class. The case settled early in litigation for $1,000,000 policy limits.
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SETTLEMENT AUGUST 2020. Represented the family of a man killed during a motorcycle vacation in Bend, Oregon. He had struck a deer and was trying to get up off the road when a woman driving a pickup ran over him.
The case was subject to Oregon’s cap on damages. Settlement for $675,000 in August 2020, co-counsel Greg Zeuthen of Portland.
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SETTLEMENT AUGUST 2019. $1.75 million pre-litigation settlement in maritime wrongful death claim where worker was struck by line that snapped while docking a tug boat.
Products liability claim is under investigation.
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A truck driver making a delivery at a yard was walking back to his truck when he was struck by another truck. Investigation revealed that the property was carelessly redesigned to direct trucks around a blind corner into pedestrian travel. The case resulted in a multimillion settlement.
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I represented a man who was shot nine times at his apartment complex. He survived but lost the use of his legs. The case settled for $1,500,000 based on policy limits, early in litigation.
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