$5.5 million Largest jury verdict in Skagit County history.
$3,500,000 Pedestrian struck by train.
$2,500,000 Wrongful death of teenage boy in jet ski collision.
$2,304,142 Largest Wrongful death jury verdict in Skagit County history at the time.
$2,023,000 Largest arbitration award in San Juan County history.
$1,750,000 Closed head injury in rollover.
$1,000,000 Wrongful death of teenage pedestrian hit by truck.
$800,000 Largest wrongful death jury verdict in Kittitas County history.
$733,785 Largest wrongful death jury verdict for minor in Whatcom County history.
$640,000 Sexual Harassment.
$555,000 Fractured hip caused by auto collision.
$500,000 Foot fractures from head on collision.
$490,000 Pedestrian suffered a fractured leg.
$485,873 Knee and shoulder injuries caused by car crash.
$175,000 Fractured ankle from fall on ice on a motel sidewalk.
$650,000 Wrongful Death from a Defective Highway Design.
$1,400,000 Largest Single Eye Injury Settlement in Washington.
$130,000 Multiple Injuries Caused by Drunk Driver.
$180,000 Fractured Arm Requiring Surgery due to High Driver.
$450,000 Pedestrian Endures Multiple Fractures.
$234,466 Passenger Suffers Serious Neck Injury.
$200,000 Broken Leg due to Motorcycle v. Van Collision.
$545,000 Multiple Injuries from Head-On Collision.
$115,000 Shoulder Injured by Unsecured Patio Umbrella.
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Driver Charged With DUI After Chuckanut Crash

Two Injured in Bellingham Accident

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$640,000 sexual harassment

A corrections officer sexually harassed a series of county employees through his position at the Whatcom County jail. Each initially thought they were the only victim, but eventually they began to talk to each other, realized that each was not alone, and then held a meeting at the home of one victim. They hired Brett & Coats to bring a sexual harassment claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC invited the parties to participate in informal means of conciliation. The employees entered mediation with the county. Five cases settled and two more serious claims required the filing of a lawsuit. After extensive discovery the entire claim was settled for a combined total settlement of $640,000, with individual settlements of $100,000, $100,000, $40,000, $100,000, $25,000, $25,000, and $250,000. The claim is Johnston v Whatcom County, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, at Seattle, cause number CV04-0626RSM. Victims were represented by attorneys Breean Beggs and Dean Brett of Bellingham's Brett & Coats.

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