A skydiving plane crashed moments after takeoff from Port Allen Airport on Monday, killing all five people on board. Witnesses said the Skydive Kauai plane appeared to be having engine trouble when it burst into flames in the air, and then crashed just outside the airport’s fence line. The crash happened about 9:30 a.m., and […]
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Five months after a tour helicopter went down on Kauai’s Na Pali coast, its passengers are taking the company to court. Six people and the pilot were on board the Blue Hawaiian chopper on a sightseeing tour when it made a hard landing on Kalalau Beach. Five of the passengers suffered injuries, including a 34-year-old
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On May 23, 2016, Spokane Associates Sara Maleki and Kaitlin Roach were admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. They were sworn in by Judge Rodgers.
Geraldine Hughes filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Will County Court on behalf of her late son against the Union Pacific Railroad, CenterPoint Properties and Caleast Centerpoint, according to court records. Her son died last year after being crushed between two trucks at a Joliet business. The accident happened on Union Pacific-owned property located at
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In 2014 about 62 million U.S. vehicles were recalled. That’s the equivalent of about four years’ worth of cars sold here, or about one out of every four cars on the road today. Several recalls made huge headlines, including those for defective ignition switches in General Motors cars that have been linked to at least
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Fatal accidents involving stoned drivers have soared in the state of Washington since marijuana was legalized, according to a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. But it’s difficult to determine whether a high-on-pot driver is too impaired to drive, according to a separate study from the same group. Fatal crashes involving drivers who
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A man was killed and a woman seriously injured late Saturday after the bike they were riding collided with a Sound Transit bus operated by Metro in the Chinatown International District. The woman was in serious condition Monday morning in Harborview’s intensive-care unit. Both the victims were on the same bicycle; the man who died
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A lawsuit filed after the death of a teenager was moved from federal court in Florida to South Carolina. Olivia Paige Grimes, 16, of Lakeland, Florida, died after falling from a rope swing last year at Young Life Camp in Pickens County. In July 2015, Grimes was on a pendulum swing with two others when
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A construction worker was killed in a fall Monday morning at an Issaquah apartment complex. The 46-year-old masonry worker was reportedly doing work on the brick facade at the Atlas Apartments construction site when he fell to his death, according to Eastside Fire & Rescue. Officials with the state Department of Labor & Industries are
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In Bae v. Lakeside Adult Family Home (S.C. #91536-9) a unanimous Supreme Court held the vulnerable adult statute chapter 74.34 creates an implied cause of action against mandated reporters who fail to report suspected abuse or neglect. In 2011, GLP Attorneys began representing the Estate of 83 year-old Ho Im Bae. Ms. Bae had lived
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