All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who was killed when the excavator he was driving tumbled down a cliff about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma, Wash.The News Tribune reports that 22-year-old Jared...
Mar 14 2016 // Wasington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took enforcement action and issued fines totaling $17,675 last month against insurance companies and producers who he says violated state insurance regulations.Here’s...
Mar 11 2016 // A school district is among the targets of a lawsuit over an E. coli outbreak linked to sickened kids who attended a dairy festival field trip in Washington.The Seattle Times reported families of six kids sickened after...
Mar 9 2016 // A Spokane, Wash. card dealer caught working at casinos while receiving disability benefits must repay more than $27,000.Victor Arredondo, 58, pleaded guilty this week in Spokane County Superior Court to felony...
Mar 8 2016 // A nationwide mortgage lender is appealing a $213,000 emotional distress judgment awarded to a Bellevue, Wash. mom who was fighting to keep her home.Leticia Lucero sued Cenlar after the company failed to notify lenders her...
Mar 8 2016 // The Everett, Wash. fire marshal says a recent inspection shows 19 of 26 apartment complexes inspected in the city lack proper fire alarm systems.Fire Marshal Eric Hicks says the owners of those complexes are currently...
Mar 7 2016 // A nursing home in Marysville, Wash., has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. An Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville Care Center in connection...
Feb 24 2016 // A nursing home in Marysville, Wash has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. The Daily Herald reported an Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville...
Feb 22 2016 // Fire investigators say they’ve completed their investigation into a blaze that killed a woman working in a coffee stand where baristas wear bikinis.Everett Fire Department investigators said in a February news...
Feb 9 2016 // One of the largest apple producers in the United States will pay $272,000 to 20 claimants as part of a settlement resolving sexual harassment and retaliation claims pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
Feb 8 2016 // Fire investigators say they’ve completed their investigation into a blaze that killed a woman working in a coffee stand where baristas wear bikinis.Everett Fire Department investigators said Thursday in a news...
Feb 4 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for damage done by December wind and rain storms, making federal assistance available in 10 Washington counties. Gov. Jay Inslee thanked Obama this week for signing...
Feb 3 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired John F. Throne & Co., a Seattle, Wash.-based aviation insurance agency.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. John F. Throne’s leadership, client services and business...
Jan 27 2016 // After more than three days with life at a virtual standstill in the nation’s capital and elsewhere up and down the East Coast, the cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm were getting closer to their normal...
Jan 26 2016 // The massive blizzard that swept through the East Coast over the weekend may result in hundreds of millions of dollars in insured losses.The blizzard, unofficially named “Winter Storm Jonas” by the Weather...
Jan 25 2016 // Millions of Americans started digging themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill.New York and Baltimore began...
Jan 22 2016 // A dangerous winter storm will bring snow by the foot to the U.S. mid-Atlantic, including Washington, threatening at least 50 million people in its path while canceling thousands of flights and closing schools and...
Jan 19 2016 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries has fined Phillips 66 Refinery $324,000 for failing to correct serious workplace safety and health violations.An L&I inspection of the Ferndale facility found the...
Jan 12 2016 // A Cowlitz County, Wash. judge has ordered insurers to pay the Port of Longview $2.45 million in attorney fees in an ongoing lawsuit over soil contamination. The Daily News reported that the order is the latest development...
Jan 12 2016 // Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Confie announced it has acquired the Duane Sammons Insurance Center Inc. of Bellingham, Wash. Duane Sammons has served the local community of Bellingham for 30 years and provides personal and...