2010

$ 100,000 – Grant County

A worker was attempting to drain a large vat filled with boric acid. As he loosened the cover at the base of the vat, something went wrong, and the cover flew off. The liquid – which was very, very hot – shot out, covering and burning his arms, chest, and legs.

Confidential Six Figure Settlement – Okanogan County

A woman elected to have shoulder surgery in a hospital in north central Washington. The surgeon ordered an anti-inflammatory be injected into her. Unfortunately for this woman, the vials containing the anti-inflammatory and epinephrine were essentially identical and the nurse in charge of obtaining the tray did not check to see whether the hospital’s pharmacy gave him the correct vials. The woman was injected with the epinephrine, went into cardiac arrest and never regained consciousness, passing away several days later. Several offices passed on this case, before I got involved…mostly because the woman’s father was such a nice man, and it seemed like the right thing to do.

$ 50,000 – Franklin County

Our client was injured when a vehicle crossed the median on I-182 in Pasco, Washington, and hit the side of his truck. The insurance carrier for the offending driver originally denied liability claiming another vehicle had cut their insured off, forcing him to take evasive action. It was this alleged evasive action that caused their insured to cross 4 lanes of traffic and the median of the freeway. These allegations ultimately led to a pair of $ 25,000.00 settlements from both the negligent driver’s insurance company and the underinsured motorist carrier for our client, due to the alleged “phantom vehicle.”