The parents of a girl was electrocuted while floating down the Puyallup River in 2014 sued Puget Sound Energy, the utility that provided the power that was discharged into the river by a faulty irrigation pump.
Read moreA high-functioning autistic high school student who had been trained to leave class and walk around when he was upset, with permission from the school, was Tasered in school by a Pierce County sheriff’s officer as he did so, his parents claim in Federal Court.
Read moreAnti-abortion activist David Daleiden asked the Ninth Circuit to void a lower court’s order blocking his access to public information about the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory, arguing the order is too broad and will gut the Public Records Act.
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Washington State University failed to promptly notify over one million people their personal data, stored on a hard drive, was stolen in a burglary and then offered inadequate compensation, a federal class action claims.
Read moreAn ecological jewel rings the most toxic spot in the nation – which President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke may strip of its protection as a national monument.
Read moreThe Ranchers-Cattlemen Legal Action Fund and others brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for revoking regulations that require beef and pork products be labeled with their country of origin.
Read moreA county government in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior to stop the construction of a tribal casino, arguing it will negatively impact a nearby Air Force base and could cause flight accidents.
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A man who accused Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of sexually abusing him has withdrawn his lawsuit until he can complete drug rehabilitation, with plans to file the suit again next year.
Read moreThe Port of Vancouver violated open meetings laws when it held closed sessions for lease negotiations for a controversial proposed oil-by-rail terminal, according to the Washington Supreme Court.
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The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a man wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing his children and stepson, and who served almost 20 years in prison because a Washington state sheriff’s detective fabricated evidence, is entitled to sizable damages.
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A state agency has taken legal action against the Department of Energy for the collapse of a containment tunnel at a nuclear site in Washington.
Read moreA portion of a storage tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday morning, forcing an emergency declaration at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington state.
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said Tuesday he will not run for a second term, as he fights claims that he sexually abused teenage boys in the 1980s.
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Parents of a girl who was murdered the day after her 15th birthday sued their hometown to stop it from releasing photos of their daughter’s partially clothed body to her killer’s family, fearing the photos could be used as “death porn.”
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed summary judgment against members of an anti-war group who claimed civilian employees of the Army violated their constitutional rights by infiltrating the group and facilitating their arrest.
Read moreThe U.S. Coast Guard’s failure to consult federal fisheries managers on a shipping-traffic plan that includes a significant increase in oil tankers violates the Endangered Species Act and threatens southern resident killer whales, according to a suit filed by two native tribes this week.
Read moreFederal plans to stock a river running through Olympic National Park in Washington state with hatchery fish will have no significant impact on native fish or wild salmon recovery, the Ninth Circuit has ruled.
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