Washington Settlements

• Seattle Archdiocese $1.1 million settlement in Roman Catholic school principal student abuse case. (Nov-17-07)
• Employee Gender Discrimination Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company pays employee $4.4 million gender bias settlement. (Nov-12-07)
• Online Real Estate HouseValues Inc. pays fine for misrepresenting the quality of its real estate leads to subscribers. (Nov-8-07)
• Patrol Car Crash Washington State Patrol pays women left with traumatic brain injuries $4 million settlement. (Nov-7-07)
• Public Records Washington State Department of Corrections pays employees $65,000 settlement for failing to provide public records regarding part time employee health insurance. (Nov-4-07)
• School Bus Fire Travelers Insurance Company pays Grand Coulee Dam School District settlement for damaged buses. (Nov-1-07)
• Auto Dealer Marketing Bruce Titus pays fine for deceptive promotions and advertising fraud. (Oct-31-07)
• Real Estate Investors Trillium Corp. pays $125,000 settlement. (Oct-30-07)
• Seattle Priest Abuse Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle pays $380,000 settlement to two clergy abuse victims. (Oct-28-07)
• Apartment Closure Injunction Juanita Apartments pay city of Burien $200,000 fine for health and safety code violations. (Oct-24-07)
• Tribe Ancestors State of Washington pays $2.5 million settlement for reburying remains. (Oct-9-07)
• Inmate Murdered Spokane family gets $180,000 settlement. (Sep-20-07)
• Perkins Coie $19 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit. (Sep-19-07)
• TCF Architecture and Olympic Associates Co. $1 million settlement in construction mismanagement lawsuit. (Sep-18-07)
• Eastern State Hospital $2.5 million in patient exploitation lawsuit. (Sep-5-07)
• Microsoft Corp. $521 million patent infringement lawsuit settled for an undisclosed sum. (Aug-31-07)
• Tacoma, WA $205,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Aug-30-07)
• Longview Fibre $201,900 fine for workplace safety violations. (Aug-23-07)
• Talerico Construction Inc. $45,000 penalty after excavation work damaged gas pipelines and underground electricity wires. (Aug-16-07)
• Kitsap County and Waste Management of Washington $2.75 million settlement in landfill contamination suit. (Aug-6-07)
• Seattle Times Co. $24 million settlement in joint operation agreement lawsuit. (Aug-4-07)
• Dr. Robert Woo $1 million settlement in dentist's "boar tusks prank" insurance lawsuit. (Jul-29-07)
• America First Communities $1 million settlement in building laws violation lawsuit. (Jul-23-07)
• University of Washington Sexual molestation lawsuit reaches a $480,000 settlement. (Jul-17-07)
• Sound Transit Proposed $16 million settlement in breach of contract lawsuit. (Jul-7-07)
• Tacoma, WA $656,500 settlement in termination of contract suit. (Jul-4-07)
• Starbucks Corp. $165,000 settlement in employment rights violation lawsuit. (Jun-27-07)
• Dave Forman, Pacific Topsoils, Inc. $10,000 fine for Clean Water Act violations. (Jun-27-07)
• Consumer Digital Services LLC $1.3 million settlement in deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud lawsuit. (Jun-27-07)
• Starbucks Corp. $75,000 settlement in disability discrimination lawsuit. (Jun-14-07)
• Tommy Bahama Group Disability discrimination lawsuit ends in an $85,000 payout. (Jun-7-07)
• Whatcom County, WA $500,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Jun-6-07)
• Yakima County, WA Negligent foster care, child abuse suit settled for $290,000. (May-28-07)
• Gary Delzer $49,000 payout to settle wrongful termination lawsuit. (May-18-07)
• US Government $33 million settlement in shellfish growers' suit to be shared by 17 Puget Sound tribes. (May-16-07)
• Kennewick, WA Man awarded nearly $1 million in dog bite, civil rights lawsuit. (May-4-07)
• Klickitat County, WA $50,000 civil rights settlement for tampering with evidence. (Apr-27-07)
• Possession View LLC., Construction Associates Inc., and T&G Construction Inc. $8.7 million settlement for faulty condo construction. (Apr-9-07)
• Seattle, WA $1 million settlement for 175 people wrongly arrested during WTO protests. (Apr-5-07)
• Fiscal Dynamics Inc., Cumulative LLC, and Northwest Assets $290,000 paid in restitution in foreclosure rescue lawsuit. (Mar-19-07)
• Seattle City Light Employees get close to $1.5 million settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit against employer. (Mar-6-07)
• Foss Maritime Co. Tug and barge company pays $265,000 to restore natural resources after an oil spill on tribal land. (Mar-6-07)
• Christian Faith Center $700,000 settlement for sexual abuse charges. (Jan-24-07)
• Secure Computer $1 million anti-spyware settlement. (Dec-4-06)
• ConocoPhillips $2.3 million in fines for the October 2004 Puget Sound oil spill. (Oct-18-06)
• City of Everett, WA $500,000 settlement after a hallucinogenic teenager was killed by police. (Oct-11-06)
• City of Seattle, WA $500,000 settlement for lost business after denying a strip club permit. (Sep-22-06)
• Washington State $17 million settlement after disturbing an ancient American Indian village and burial ground. (Aug-15-06)
• Western World Insurance Company $2 million discrimination settlement awarded The Fair Housing Center of Washington and the Fair Housing Council of Oregon. (Aug-2-06)
• Washington State Patrol $2 million settlement awarded to nine women who were fondled by a highway trooper. (May-19-06)