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Law firms are judged by the results they can achieve, and in this respect, SGB receives high marks. Click on a category below to learn more about just some of our successful verdicts and settlements in that practice area.
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ASBESTOS & MESOTHELIOMA Largest jury verdict ($1.3 million) in Kitsap County in any personal injury case, resulting in compensation to the family of a pipe fitter who suffered from an asbestos-related cancer. The Washington State Supreme Court affirmed the jury's decision and struck down the legislative cap on damages.
$2 million verdict for a retired naval supply officer and his wife for cancer caused by exposure to asbestos containing insulation materials.
> More about Asbestos & Mesothelioma
CONSUMER PROTECTION Class action settlement on behalf of Bank of America account holders charged fees for using unbranded ATMs owned by the Bank, requiring substantial reimbursement of fees and revised disclosures and practices by the bank.
Class action settlement with Regence Blue Shield, requiring reimbursement of expenses incurred by members as a result of termination of provider contracts with several surgical provider groups.
> More about Consumer Protection
CRIMINAL DEFENSE Representation of the vice president of a gasoline pipeline company charged in federal court with offenses related to an accident in which three people died. The case was resolved with a plea to an environmental offense and a sentence of six months.
Representation of a client accused of murder-for-hire, resulting in dismissal of charges after the SGB team was able to prove to the state that its client had been framed.
> More about Criminal Defense
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR $3.8 million settlement with the State of Washington on behalf of a class of trade workers who were paid less than other state workers performing substantially identical work.
Confidential settlement against a large Puget Sound employer that terminated a warehouse manager based on his race.
> More about Employment & Labor
MARITIME INJURIES $850,000 verdict on behalf of the head chef on a fish processor who severely and permanently injured her right arm when she slipped and fell on a galley floor.
Confidential settlement for a young mother lost at sea due to under-manning of a fishing vessel.
> More about Maritime Injuries
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE & NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE $5 million annuity settlement on behalf of a child whose physician delayed the diagnosis of meningitis, resulting in brain damage and blindness.
Confidential settlements for victims of medical malpractice involving EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) violations.
$1 million settlement for family of man who died as a result of anesthesiology malpractice.
> More about Medical Malpractice & Nursing Home Negligence
NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION $6.2 million jury verdict against State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services for negligent licensing and monitoring of foster homes on behalf of four children who suffered abuse while in foster care.
$5.5 million paid by the State of Washington and King County to settle the lawsuit brought by the family of a man who was fatally stabbed by a chronically mentally ill man with a long history of violent behavior.
Jury verdict for two Washington residents, one of whom was killed by a parolee from Montana. The case was affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court establishing the state's responsibility for supervision of parolees.
> More about Negligent Supervision
PRODUCT LIABILITY $796,000 settlement in a product liability case involving a defective switch that caused serious burns.
Confidential settlement for the families of two workers who were burned to death due to the lack of proper warnings on a chemical drum that was in their place of work.
> More about Product Liability
SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENTS $1.3 million verdict for injuries suffered by a semi-trailer in an accident on I-5. The client was permanently injured, forcing him to retire at 56 years of age.
$250,000 jury verdict on behalf of a passenger riding in a truck bed who sustained a non-surgical low back injury. One of the largest verdicts in Cowlitz County history for such an injury. The jury award was made despite pre-existing back problems which had required extensive chiropractic treatment.
> More about Serious Auto Accidents
SEXUAL ASSAULT $4 million settlement against the State of Washington for failure to supervise three children in foster care who were sexually and physically abused by their foster parent.
Confidential settlement for man who was abused by a priest as a child.
Confidential settlement for a nursing home resident sexually assaulted by a health care provider.
> More about Sexual Assault
SOCIAL SECURITY Successful results for clients in more than 600 Social Security cases involving fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, resulting in clients being entitled to social security disability benefits.
A statewide class action injunction requiring the Social Security Administration to follow Ninth Circuit precedent in deciding disability claims, affecting 7,000 disabled workers previously denied or terminated from Social Security.
> More about Social Security
TOXIC TORTS & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW $2.2 million settlement for a class of Kitsap County residents whose mobile home park had been built on an old landfill and who were exposed to gases released by a nearby active landfill.
$675,000 class action judgment against a private water company that supplied 59 Lewis County households with contaminated and erratically chlorinated tap water.
> More about Toxic Torts & Environmental Law
WAGE & HOUR CLASS ACTION $7.4 million class action verdict against IBP, Inc. on behalf of over 800 workers who were required to don, remove, and clean safety equipment without being paid.
$2.5 million class action verdict against Taco Bell in the State of Washington and $3.3 million class action verdict against Taco Bell in the State of Oregon, for wage and hour violations.
> More about Wage & Hour Class Action
WRONGFUL DEATH & SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY $2.7 million settlement for the family of a firefighter killed while attempting to fight a warehouse arson fire.
$1 million jury verdict representing two iron workers injured during the construction of a skyscraper in downtown Seattle.
> More about Wrongful Death & Serious Personal Injury
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