City of Bellevue Shafts Motorcycle Officer Who Fell Onto I-5 During Vice President Escort
On August 15, 2023, Bellevue Police motorcycle officer Kevin Bereta was part of a team of officers charged with escorting Vice President Kamala Harris during her public duties around the Seattle area.
The motorcycle officers, including Officer Bereta, would ride ahead of the group of vehicles surrounding and including...
Historic Jury Verdict in Seattle Children’s Hospital Class Action
On February 8th, 2024, in a historic jury verdict, Seattle Children's Hospital was held responsible for exposing two babies and an eleven-year-old to aspergillus fungus in the operating room during heart surgery. These three cases are the first of more than seventy additional plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that was certified...
The Dark Side of AI: Confronting the Deepfake Crisis Targeting Women from Taylor Swift to High School Students
By Deb Silberman
While Taylor Swift was back in rehearsals for the next leg of her Eras Tour, sexually explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift went viral on X. Unlike the millions of Swifties and Taylor’s powerful team who have her back, many young women are facing this trauma alone...
City of Seattle Settles Peaceful Protester Lawsuit for $10M
After George Floyd was brutally murdered on May 25, 2020, the 50 Peaceful...
Press Conference: Class Action Against Boeing Adds Claims Against Alaska Airlines and Names More Passengers
Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 File Class Action Lawsuit Against Boeing
Seattle, WA – On January 11th 2023, Stritmatter Law filed a class-action lawsuit against The Boeing Company on behalf of the passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, operated with a Boeing 737-MAX 9. On January 5, 2024, the flight experienced a critical failure when the aircraft's left-side door plug detached mid-flight, leading to...
Marysville Worker’s Death Leads to Historic $9.8M Settlement
Shortly before this new year, the estate of a worker killed when he fell into an unprotected sewage augur settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Marysville, its Canadian contractor American Process Group, Inc., and the machine’s lessor, Synagro-WWT, Inc. and its related entities for a combined amount of over...
Native American Heritage Month
By Kristin Michaud (Anishinaabe) & Shannon Kilpatrick
With the recent release of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, and in honor of Native American Heritage Month, we are exploring how equality and equity rely on accurate representation of a people, culture, and event. Native people have...
Class Action lawsuit filed against Alaska Airlines on behalf of passengers endangered by homicidal “jump seat” pilot
Seattle, WA – The law firm Stritmatter Law (Stritmatter Law) has filed a class action lawsuit against Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air on behalf of the passengers aboard Alaska Airlines flight 2059 from Everett, WA to San Francisco on Sunday, October 22, 2023, operated by Alaska Airlines’ affiliate, Horizon Air.
Stritmatter Law Files Complaint for Sexual Harassment against the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) and Port of Seattle
Stritmatter Law is a nationally recognized firm known for representing victims of wrongful death, serious personal injuries, and civil rights lawsuits. The legal team for this case includes Karen...