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Tacoma News TribuneBy Shea Johnson Tacoma News Tribune The Puyallup School District has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged a second-grade teacher abused an 8-year-old student with autism, Pierce County Superior Court records show. Filed by the student’s parents last year, the lawsuit cla... -
NewsOn October 24, 2025, Connelly Law Offices filed a lawsuit against Defendant Spokane County on behalf of 15 plaintiffs that were victims of childhood sexual abuse by staff at the Spokane Juvenile Detention Center. At the center of the abuse were William “Bill” Lamb and Rafael Gray, two correctio... -
Seattle TimesBy Claire Withycombe Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — A King County jury this week awarded nearly $11 million in damages to a woman who was abused as a child while under the care of a legal guardian who had earlier been denied from becoming a licensed foster parent. The woman, identi... -
Seattle TimesBy Mike Carter | Originally published in the Seattle Times King County has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies failed to follow through on the eviction of a dangerous Seattle resident who went on to kill a maintenance worker and injure the apartment m... -
The News TribuneBy Peter Talbot | Originally published in the News Tribune Pierce County has paid more than $4 million as part of a lawsuit for the wrongful termination of a former deputy prosecutor, according to his attorneys, nearly a year after jurors in the case found his firing violated public p... -
Seattle TimesBy Lewis Kamb | Originally published in Seattle Times King County has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit of a 45-year-old woman who claims that when she was a teenage runaway 28 years ago, sheriff’s deputies left her at a Federal Way massage parlor where she was forced into ... -
NBC NewsAcross the nation, insurers have had surprising success "policing the police," ending risky behavior, ousting chiefs, even closing troubled departments. By Kit Ramgopal and Brenda Breslauer for NBC NEWS The city of Niota, Tennessee, population 700, has a police department with just three ... -
Post-Prison Education ProgramMay 2020 | Originally published on Post-Prison Education Program Attorney John R. (Jack) Connelly believes in fighting for the individual above all. In being a voice for the voiceless. He’s consistently been named one of the top lawyers in Washington State, where he’s practiced for 28 years, ... -
Seattle TimesBy Lewis Kamb | Originally published in Seattle Times A Seattle police officer filed a $10 million claim against the city on Wednesday, alleging it negligently exposed him to “an extremely dangerous man-made toxin” by assigning him and dozens of other city workers to clean up a homeless e...