Health care providers are expected to act with a high level of professionalism; however, some choose to grossly violate their commitment to ethics and patient safety by sexually taking advantage of those in their care. According to a story published in The Seattle...
Attorneys Darrell Cochran and Andrew Ulmer reached a $1.5 million settlement for their client, Stephanie Cleaves, in a sexual abuse suit against Black Hills Football Club (BHFC). This is the third settlement in a series of lawsuits against BHFC related to sexual abuse...
On October 23, 2021, partner Elizabeth Calora was inaugurated as the President of Washington Women Lawyers (WWL), Washington's largest organization dedicated to furthering the full integration of women in the legal profession and promoting equal rights and...
On October 20, 2021, a federal district court jury in Tacoma awarded $500,000 in damages to a former student who was sexually harassed and abused in the special education program at Bethel High School. The student was represented by PCVA partner Thomas Vertetis, PCVA...
Shortly after revelations that 330,000 children were sexually abused within the Catholic Church in France since 1950, the European Court of Human Rights affirmed that the Vatican is beholden only to itself when it comes to justice. This means that the Vatican cannot...
Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown settled a case against the Department of Social and Health Services and its Division of Developmental Disability institution, known as Rainier School, for $2.25 million. The lawsuit involved the death of an adult developmentally...
Darrell Cochran and Patrick Brown reached a more than $2 million settlement with the state of Washington for 10 young men who were sexually abused when they were wards of the state and placed at Green Hill School, a juvenile detention center for male juvenile...
On September 15, partner Darrell Cochran will participate in a half-day seminar about remote hearings for the University of Washington School of Law (UW Law). The series of presentations, which will be broadcast via Zoom from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT, is titled “Trial...
Attorneys Darrell Cochran, Kevin Hastings and Bridget Grotz reached a $9 million settlement with Kiwanis International and several local Kiwanis Clubs on behalf of a group of plaintiffs, many of whom were wards of the state of Washington, who were sexually abused...
Darrell Cochran and Andrew Ulmer reached a $6 million settlement with the United States Bowling Congress, the national governing body for the sport of bowling, as well as other bowling organizations. Plaintiff Thomas “Tommie” McNeal, now 22 years old, alleges that he...
