The Boy Scouts of America has announced a revised settlement for the approximately 82,500 survivors of sexual abuse who have filed claims against the organization. The proposed $850 million settlement – while more than the initial settlement presented in March 2021 –...
PCVA is pleased to announce that one of its case, Garza v. National Railroad Passenger, was named to the Top 25 Verdicts & Settlements of the West 2020 by The Recorder, a leading legal publication. The matter was a personal injury case that arose from the fatal...
Associate Patrick A. Brown successfully resolved a dispute between his client and San Juan County over property damage caused by flooding. Patrick represented a married couple whose San Juan County home suffered flood damage following heavy rainfall, which resulted in...
Associate William McClure recently co-authored a law review article entitled “Rebalancing Bracker Forty Years Later” in Seattle University’s American Indian Law Journal. The article examines 40 years of federal and state courts’ application of the Bracker balancing...
Filing a claim against the military when you are on active duty is very difficult, but it’s possible under certain circumstances. Here’s everything you need to know about seeking compensation for medical malpractice and the status on seeking claims for sexual assault,...
Partner Elizabeth Calora and associate William McClure recently authored articles for WSAJ Trial News, a publication produced by the Washington State Association for Justice. Both articles appeared in the publication’s special focus edition on medical negligence....
In May 2021, Peloton and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled Peloton treadmills after reports of at least 70 injuries and the death of one child. Why are the treadmills being recalled? A 6-year-old child died after being pulled under a Tread+,...
Partners Darrell Cochran, Tom Vertetis, Michael Pfau, Kevin Hastings and Chris Love, along with associates Andy Ulmer, Bridget Grotz, Michael McNeil, Alex Dietz and Patrick Brown, reached a $6 million settlement with Kiwanis International on behalf of a group of...
On April 5, PCVA partners Darrell Cochran and Kevin Hastings and associate Patrick Brown successfully reached a $1.35 million settlement with the State of Washington and its Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) over a lawsuit regarding the State’s failure...
On Friday, March 26, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala, led by Partners Darrell Cochran and Kevin Hastings, reached an $8 million settlement between its client and Foss Home and Village (FHV), an assisted-living facility in Seattle, after an employee of the facility...
