Whiplash
Supreme Court of Washington · 2014
Defense verdict, affirmed
Cathy Johnston-Forbes, an LPGA golfer, was sitting in the back seat of a rental car at a red light in Vancouver in 2006, twisted toward her daughters, when a Ford Mustang hit from behind.
whiplash in Washington →Whiplash
Washington Court of Appeals · 2007
$29,000 jury award reinstated
Gilbert May’s truck hit Donna Herriman’s truck from behind at low speed in 2003, and he admitted liability.
whiplash in Washington →Back & spine
Supreme Court of Washington · 2007
$2,155,835.58 default judgment reinstated
In 1999 Annie King rear ended Lisa Little twice on a freeway, the second time as they merged back into traffic after exchanging insurance information.
back & spine in Washington →Back & spine
Washington Court of Appeals · 2012
$22,000 verdict
Stacey Cooper pulled out of a parking spot in Seattle into the side of Patricia Stedman’s van in 2006.
back & spine in Washington →Head & brain
Supreme Court of Washington · 2013
$12,750,000 verdict, affirmed
Seattle firefighter Mark Jones got up to use the bathroom at about 3 a.m. in December 2003 and fell 15 feet through the station’s pole hole, suffering physical and cognitive impairments.
head & brain in Washington →Head & brain
Supreme Court of Washington · 2020
Verdict reinstated; landlord 93% at fault
After a night out in 2012, Kimberly Gerlach fell from the second story balcony of her boyfriend’s apartment when the decayed railing gave way, suffering a traumatic brain injury, skull fractures and brain bleeding that needed surgery.
head & brain in Washington →Fracture
Supreme Court of Washington · 1996
Summary judgment reversed; trial ordered
More than seven inches of snow fell in Spokane on 27 November 1984, and the Employment Security lot was plowed but apparently not sanded.
fracture in Washington →Fracture
Washington Court of Appeals · 2015
Judgment for the Department affirmed
Bruce Butson, a plumber’s helper, fell from a ladder onto a concrete floor in 2004, fracturing his left wrist and hyperextending his thumb, and needed surgery on both.
fracture in Washington →Medical negligence
Supreme Court of Washington · 1993
$9,085,096 to the child plus $1,250,000 to his mother
In 1984 a 12 week old boy was hospitalized for heart surgery.
medical negligence in Washington →Medical negligence
Washington Court of Appeals · 2019
Defense verdict reversed; new trial
On 28 December 2012 James Needham told his doctor’s office he had trouble breathing, but the doctor treated only his other active problems.
medical negligence in Washington →Workplace
Supreme Court of Washington · 2008
Claim allowed, affirmed
Alfred Giovanelli, a Pennsylvania firebrick mason working as crew foreman on a glass furnace rebuild in Seattle, was not scheduled to work on Sunday, 12 August 2001.
workplace in Washington →Workplace
Washington Court of Appeals · 2022
Claim reopened, affirmed
Rafael Barreto Garcia fell from an orchard ladder while picking apples in 2016, hit his chest on a branch and went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital, spending eight days in a coma.
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