DSHS to pay girls $8 million for sexual abuse in foster home

A jury awarded two teenage girls $8 million Wednesday, settling a lawsuit they filed in Whatcom County against the state Department of Social and Health Services after suffering years of sexual abuse in their foster home.

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Judge: Sex abuse lawsuit against Monroe schools, state can go forward

The victim of a Monroe cop’s abuse alleges state and school officials failed to report, despite warning signs.

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County Files Appeal in Sex Case Involving Ex-Deputy

Prosecutors want to be able to argue that the girl who was abused shares some responsibility for the actions.

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$10M Settlement for Man Shoved Into Wall by King Co. Deputy; Jurors React to Video

A settlement has been reached between King County and the family of Christopher Sean Harris, the Edmonds man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in May 2009 when he was shoved into a wall by a sheriff’s deputy.

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Jury Awards Woman $1.27 Million in Sex Assault Lawsuit

A Pierce County jury last week awarded a woman $1.27 million following a civil trial of a former Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputy convicted of third-degree child molestation in 2003, according to court documents in the case.

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Bus-Stop Crash Suit Can Go to Trial, Court Rules

The Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit against King County, filed by a man who was injured in a Ballard bus stop, should go to trial.

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King County Pays $7 Million to Woman Hit by Metro Van

King County has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who was severely injured when a Metro Transit supervisor’s van struck her while she was riding a Vespa motor scooter to work on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

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State told to pay $8M for placing 2 girls in foster home with child molester

A Whatcom County jury determined the state Department of Social and Health Services should pay two girls $8 million for placing them in a foster home with a known child molester who sexually abused them for years.

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Public Records Law Violations Will Cost the County $67,000

A judge ordered Kitsap County on Monday to pay a woman currently suing the county $67,000 for violating the state’s public records law.

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