In 1987, legislators in Washington state changed the law to make coroner’s findings subject to judicial review. Now, for the first time, that law is being applied, in a mother’s…
A Washington judge has taken a leave of absence after being charged both criminally and by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct concerning his alleged activities with male prostitutes and…
A judge in eastern Washington state has sided with the divorcing mother of a 9-year-old boy who is contending in court that he is too young to be given access…
A major international bank has filed an unusual federal civil racketeering lawsuit in Seattle against a mortgage broker, an escrow agent–and 10 couples.
Two men who were reportedly scheduled to be sentenced by Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Verhey in Washington state are now charged concerning allegedly threats to kill her.
Several buyers who say they were somehow prequalified to purchase expensive Seattle condos utilizing mortgages they couldn’t possibly afford are now suing the bank that allegedly put them in this…
In an extraordinary stroke of luck, a Washington lottery ticket purchased by an office pool at a small Seattle law firm has won the $6.8 million jackpot.
The newest state superior court judge in Pierce County, Wash., is expected to have little to do on his first day on the bench today because prosecutors are refusing to…
There’s no question that Davis Wright Tremaine won a civil rights victory for a Seattle parents group by fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court the local school…
Stopping short of finding that it would be unconstitutional to criminalize a sexual relationship between a high school teacher and his adult student, a Washington state appellate court says the…
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