All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2019 // The Trump administration said on Monday it would allow lawsuits by U.S. citizens against dozens of Cuban companies and other entities on Washington’s blacklist but will maintain, for now, a ban against suing foreign...
Mar 4 2019 // Donald W. Morgan, 67, of Bingen, Wash., pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to a felony count of first-degree theft involving his former customers’ insurance premiums.He is serving 30 days in the...
Mar 4 2019 // A King County, Wash., jury awarded a woman nearly $14 million in a medical-malpractice suit against Seattle Children’s Hospital and Children’s University Medical Group. The jury found doctors failed to prevent...
Mar 4 2019 // Two Yakima County, Wash., residents have been charged in Superior Court in connection with separate auto insurance fraud claims. The charges followed investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal...
Mar 4 2019 // Illinois Union Insurance Co. has paid a $102,000 fine after Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered the company to cease underwriting self-defense policies branded by the National Rifle Association.After an...
Mar 1 2019 // Teri Simpson, 43, of Napavine, Wash., was charged in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree theft in connection with an insurance claim over an expensive piece of jewelry. An investigation by Insurance Commissioner...
Feb 26 2019 // The fine details on a receipt for a mountain bike tripped up a would-be fraudster.Kristin Wright, of Everett, Wash., pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to a gross misdemeanor count of filing a false...
Feb 25 2019 // A King County, Wash. jury has awarded a West Seattle woman nearly $14 million in a medical-malpractice suit against Seattle Children’s Hospital and Children’s University Medical Group.The Seattle Times reports...
Feb 25 2019 // It was still dark on a Friday morning in November when a California Highway Patrol officer started following a Tesla Model S on Route 101 between the San Francisco International Airport and Palo Alto. The gray sedan was...
Feb 22 2019 // Officials say the more than 1,800 dairy cows that died in a blizzard in southern Washington state earlier this month were a nearly $4 million loss, not including the lost milk production.Farm Service Agency program...
Feb 22 2019 // University of Washington Medicine says a website server inadvertently made internal files concerning nearly 1 million patients available on the internet.The organization said the files contained patients’ names and...
Feb 22 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler disciplined and issued numerous fines in January against insurance companies, agents and others who violated state insurance regulations.Insurance companies Pacific Blue...
Feb 20 2019 // Illinois Union Insurance Co. has paid a $102,000 fine after Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered the company to cease underwriting self-defense policies branded by the National Rifle Association.After an...
Feb 20 2019 // A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist...
Feb 18 2019 // Three Pierce County, Wash., residents were charged in early February with crimes related to insurance fraud in Pierce County Superior Court.The charges follow investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s...
Feb 15 2019 // The U.S. Justice Department is accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. of using false records and making false statements to bill the Energy Department for tens of millions of dollars in unauthorized profits and fees at the Hanford...
Feb 15 2019 // Two Yakima County, Wash. residents were charged in Superior Court this week in connection with separate auto insurance fraud claims. The charges followed investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s...
Feb 13 2019 // Lockton has named JoAnn Lau an employee benefits consultant in Bellevue, Wash. She has more than 30 years in the insurance industry. She is part of the Mountain West series, which includes offices in Denver, Phoenix and...
Feb 11 2019 // A Washington jury has awarded about $123 million to the victims and families of a 2015 duck boat crash that killed five college students and injured more than 60 others in Seattle.After a four-month civil trial, King...
Feb 11 2019 // Sixteen months after the United States lifted most sanctions on Sudan, businesses are unable to operate dollar transactions, insurance companies are cut off from the reinsurance market and the local airline is virtually...