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Patients can't sue for emotional distress over Hep C worries
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A hospital that warned thousands of patients a nurse had exposed some of them to Hepatitis C isn’t liable for causing emotional damages, a Washington appeals court ruled, upholding the dismissal of a class action on behalf of otherwise uninjured patients. -
Does evidence of sex abuse by plaintiff belong in his asbestos trial?
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Evidence a plaintiff sexually abused his daughter and was in an unhappy marriage were properly excluded from a trial over asbestos exposure, a Washington appeals court ruled, rejecting defense arguments the plaintiff “opened the door” by testifying about how his family life was disrupted by mesothelioma. -
Exxon might get discounts on $4M asbestos verdict in Washington
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A Washington appeals court upheld a $4 million jury verdict against ExxonMobil won by the son of a man who worked in refineries and was diagnosed with mesothelioma after he died but sent the case back to the trial court for another hearing to decide whether considering other settlements were reasonable. -
Companies can't fight Washington's PCB rule in court
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - A document instructing Washington Department of Ecology permit writers to require companies to use more sensitive and expensive tests for PCBs in their wastewater streams isn’t a rule subject to court challenge, a state appeals court has ruled. -
School district must pay $500K after deleting possible video evidence of abuse
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A Washington school district must pay $500,000 to a child who said an elementary school classmate abused him because it failed to preserve video evidence that may or may not have proved the boy’s claims, an appeals court ruled. -
Washington AG allowed to withhold info on possible climate change litigation
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court has backed Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson as he fights to keep materials related to climate change litigation secret. -
Skateboarder loses $6.5M verdict on evidence he was stoned
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - A skateboarder who won a $6.5 million jury verdict after being hit by a car in a pedestrian crosswalk must go back to court after a Washington appeals court reversed the decision, saying the defense should have been able to present evidence the skateboarder was stoned at the time of the accident. -
Dead officer's statements revive lawsuit over car crash already worth $17.4 million
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - The statements of a police officer who committed suicide after testifying he wasn’t involved in a car chase aren’t inadmissible hearsay, a Washington appeals court ruled, reviving a lawsuit by a passenger in the vehicle who was crippled in an accident. -
Grocery store loses challenge to $2.7 million verdict over shopper's injured foot
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A grocery store chain that argued video evidence contradicted the testimony of a woman who won a $2.7 million verdict for an injured foot should have done a better job of challenging the plaintiff’s story at trial, a Washington appeals court ruled. -
Seattle officer who forgot stun gun, fatally shot volatile woman is still facing lawsuit
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Officers who shot and killed a Washington State woman they say came at them with a knife will still have to face claims from the ensuing lawsuit. -
Washington county's lax supervision of criminal who beat estranged wife gets it in trouble
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A Washington county will have to face claims it failed a woman who was beaten by her estranged husband who was under electronic home monitoring and had a history of violence. -
Asbestos lawyers' theory rebuffed by Washington court in mesothelioma case
TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A Washington court has turned away arguments from asbestos lawyers that claimed a six-year statute of limitations didn’t apply to their client’s case against companies involved in the construction of Atlantic Richfield’s Cherry Point petroleum refinery. -
Gates Foundation successfully argues against $4.6M verdict for fired employee, but recalculation ordered
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – A trial court will need to figure out how to compensate a tech executive who left his job for what became a failed stint at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. -
QB thrown off Washington State by Mike Leach shows process was unfair, court decides
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A quarterback thrown off the Washington State University football team for shoplifting has successfully argued his due process rights were violated. -
Concrete 'chaos' caused by striking workers might cost union after Wash. court ruling
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – The actions of striking concrete workers will result in their union having to face property destruction claims. -
Two trial judges, two results: Wash. appeals court picks plaintiff's side in asbestos case
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A Washington State appeals court has rejected the arguments of an asbestos defendant that it couldn’t be sued in the state. -
Court: Class action lawsuit isn't the way to fight a speeding ticket
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A driver ticketed for speeding in a school zone will have to overturn the fine he paid in order to sue the City of Spokane over the citation. -
Washington Court of Appeals affirms ruling in favor of Toyota regarding consumer protection claims
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A judge for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division III has affirmed a lower court's ruling that dismissed a man's Consumer Protection Act (CPA) claim against Toyota. -
Washington court rebukes judge for allowing `necessity defense’ in climate trespass
SPOKANE, WASH. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court in Washington state has reversed a trial judge’s decision to allow an environmental protester to present a “necessity defense” against criminal trespass charges over blockading a coal train he said was contributing to global warming.