All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 26 2013 // The estate of a drowned Vancouver, Wash., teen has sued the organizers of a summer camp in Oregon, saying they endangered the boy.The lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland seeks $13 million. The...
Jul 25 2013 // True-crime author Ann Rule is suing a weekly Seattle newspaper, saying she was defamed in 2011 when the fiance of a convicted killer wrote a lengthy article accusing her of “sloppy storytelling.”The lawsuit,...
Jul 24 2013 // Lance Armstrong, the former champion cyclist, asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming he defrauded the U.S. by using banned substances in violation of his team’s contract with the U.S. Postal Service.Armstrong,...
Jul 22 2013 // There is a wide array of state, federal, and international laws requiring individuals and entities that gather, use and secure “personal” or “protected” information to report, and/or...
Jul 19 2013 // More than two dozen Washington patients of a former Seattle-area dentist accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary root canals have been awarded $35 million in an arbitration proceeding.Former King County Superior...
Jul 17 2013 // The three-alarm fire in Pullman, Wash. destroyed four apartment buildings and a club house that would have been worth about $13 million when completed this summer. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported the fire early...
Jul 17 2013 // The United States and China have agreed to restart stalled negotiations on an investment treaty, with Beijing dropping previous efforts to protect certain sectors of its economy from the start.The agreement to resume...
Jul 17 2013 // U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required to testify in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s lawsuit over the bailout of American International Group Inc., Greenberg’s lawyers...
Jul 16 2013 // The University of Washington will pay $15.2 million in a medical malpractice judgment after a mistake caused a debilitating brain damage to a girl in 2008.The sum ordered a King County judge is one of the largest medical...
Jul 9 2013 // The United States and the European Union began talks on Monday on a landmark bilateral free trade agreement, despite European concerns about U.S. spying that had threatened to delay the start after nearly two years of...
Jul 8 2013 // While businesses hailed President Barack Obama’s decision to delay penalizing companies that fail to offer benefits under the health law, workers and states may struggle with the uncertain aftermath.In postponing the...
Jul 1 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance recently announced S. Colin Dowling will lead the company’s public affairs office in Washington, D.C., as vice president for federal affairs. Dowling brings extensive public affairs...
Jun 27 2013 // Votes counted from Tuesday’s special election show that Cy Sun, a Washington area mayor, will be recalled on July 9 when the election is certified, likely removing from office a man who many blamed for endangering...
Jun 27 2013 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg can continue his $25 billion lawsuit against the U.S. over losses from the bailout of his former company, American International Group Inc., without making claims on behalf of the...
Jun 26 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action may force universities to re-examine their admissions policies and face waves of litigation about race- based admission.In a 7-1 ruling yesterday, the justices...
Jun 25 2013 // Thousands of Washington state employees received furlough notices Monday telling them they face a temporary layoff unless state lawmakers agree on a budget this week to prevent a government shutdown. Washington’s...
Jun 20 2013 // A new report condemns Washington state for lax oversight at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, saying state officials failed to adequately inspect the cleanup there. The draft report by the Environmental...
Jun 18 2013 // Drugmakers can be sued for paying rivals to delay low-cost versions of popular medicines, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a decision that rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.The 5-3 ruling is largely a...
Jun 17 2013 // A Bridgeport, Wash., public works employee who was fired by the mayor for shoplifting a $1.69 fruit pie is filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city. Mayor Marilynn Lynn said the value of the theft...
Jun 13 2013 // Chemical shippers failed to show any business harm from a regulation requiring railroads to deploy new train-safety technology, a U.S. appeals court said, throwing out a lawsuit challenging the 2012 rule.The Arlington,...