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Boeing Pays $160M to Alaska Airlines, Still Denies Responsibility to Traumatized Passengers

Seattle, WA - Today it was revealed in a regulatory filing that Boeing has paid Alaska Airlines $160 million as “initial compensation” for damage done to the airline’s business, by the January 5, 2024 in-flight door plug blowout that terrorized all aboard the 737-MAX 9 airliner. Boeing apparently will pay the airline...

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Court Finds Grant County Legally Liable for a Serious 2021 Dog Bite Attack

Yesterday, a Kittitas County Superior Court granted Stritmatter Law’s summary judgment motion, finding Grant County legally liable for a 2021 dog attack that seriously injured victim Carla Gray.

The dog at issue, Hemi, was a pit bull with a lengthy and documented history of attacking and injuring both animals...

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Chilling New Details Come to Light in Fatal Police Shooting of Derrick Clark Jr.

Seattle, WA – Stritmatter Law filed a First Amended Complaint against the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office for the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Black father, Derrick Clark Jr.

The wrongful death federal lawsuit claims that Clackamas County unlawfully chased down and shot Mr. Clark in the back.  Failed to...

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Boeing and Alaska Airlines Deny Legal Responsibility to Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

The Boeing Company and Alaska Airlines filed answers in federal court on March 11, 2024, which formally admit the NTSB found door plug bolts essential to safe flight were missing. Alaska Airlines admits that passengers at the time of the incident “reported experiencing varying levels of physical and emotional distress” from the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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