Recent Verdicts And Settlements

January 1, 2009

Wilks v. Tarantino Sausage

King County Superior Court Cause No.:07-2-03111-1
Obtained confidential settlement on behalf of client who ingested a sewing needle embedded in a breakfast sausage.

January 1, 2009

Carlisle v. CTI, Inc.

King County Superior Court Cause No.:93-2-19696-2
$3.5 million settlement for family whose conversion van rolled over due to unstable center of gravity.

January 1, 2009

Weisenburg v. Townsend

King County Superior Court Cause No.:98-2-04098-0
Confidential settlement for a boy who fell from a tree-fence.

January 1, 2009

Duncan v. Vong & Battle

Kitsap County Superior Court Cause No.:00-2-036420-8
Represented defendant restaurant in negligence action brought by plaintiff as a result of a fall entering the facility due to a concrete step. Damages included total knee replacement & special damages in excess of $100,000. Tried case to conclusion and obtained a defense verdict .

January 1, 2009

Schwartz v. Olympic Window Cleaning

King County Superior Court Cause No.:00-2-21934-2SEA
$1 million settlement for 15 year-old boy who fell to his death when window washing platform failed at his place of employment.

January 1, 2009

Davis v. Department of Ecology

U.S.D.CC04-5509RBL.
$750,000 settlement for longtime African American employee whom the department refused to promote despite superior qualifications & work performance.

December 21, 2008

Curry v. Fox Co.

Pierce County Superior Court Cause No.:05-2-08756-6
Tentative settlement for total of $1.25 million in money received from drywall company that refused to pay full overtime wages, lunches & rest breaks to employees

December 21, 2008

Blackshear v. Centennial Contractors

Pierce County Superior Court Cause No.:06-2-06743-1
$972,000 jury verdict for a truck driver who had serious back & shoulder injuries after a forklift dropped a steel beam on him at a construction site.
Watch Attorney Darrell Cochran argue this case in front of the Supreme Court

December 21, 2008

Purdy Cost Less v. Hansen, et al.

Pierce County Superior Court Cause No.:05-2-04327-5
Successfully obtained verdict for local pharmacy against an employee involved in a theft ring designed to convert hundreds of thousand of dollars in pharmaceutical medications.

December 21, 2008

Harris v. Buttorff

Pierce County Superior Court Cause No.:05-2-04327-5
Recovered a confidential settlement in Pierce County against a vascular surgeon arising from surgery that resulted in client suffering partial permanent paralysis.

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