| The
Dreadful Winter 2009 issue of the Washington
Insurance Law Letter is available.
The Puget Sound Business Journal has named attorney William R Hickman as one of the "Best Lawyers In The Puget Sound Region" in recognition of his 41 years as an appellate attorney.
Attorney Pamela Okano was named a 2009 Washington Super Lawyer in the Summer issue of the magazine Washington Law & Politics. Pam was also recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the state.
Appellate counsel William R Hickman was named a 2009 Washington Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics.
The "Gray Matter: Brain Injury Litigation Update", edited by attorney Anamaria Gil, has now been officially launched. Ms. Gil has 16 years of litigation experience and has handled numerous claims involving allegations of traumatic brain injury.
Litigator coverage attorney Jason Vacha is a member of the Editorial Board of the Insurance Litigation Reporter a semi-monthly publication which reviews recent developments of national significance in insurance law. His analysis of Australia Unlimited v. Hartford 147 Wash. App. 758 (2008) appeared in a recent issue.
Senior
trial attorney Jack
Rankin was able to have his client dismissed from a crane
collapse case. The collapse, in the center of Bellevue, resulted
in the death of a Microsoft patent attorney. The crane crashed
through his condominium hitting him while he was sitting in
his living room.
Pamela
Okano persuaded the court of appeals to affirm a defense
verdict Marilee
Erickson obtained for an insurance company client sued
for bad faith. The court agreed that the jury could absolve
the insurer of bad faith claims where it did not immediately
disclose to its policyholders the possibility of UIM coverage
for a carjacking. The Washington Supreme Court has now denied
the policyholder’s petition to review the court of appeals
result.
Litigator Earl Sutherland successfully represented a sub contractor
in the court of appeals against a water intrusion claim by
the home owners association. The court held that the homeowners
failed to provide evidence of a casual connection between
the sub’s narrow scope of work, and the documented water
damage.
In
April 2009, litigator Anamaria
Gil presented at a National Business Institute CLE. The
CLE was entitled "Litigating to Win Through Advanced
Trial Advocacy". Ms. Gil's topic was "Direct Examination
- An Important Building Block to your Case's Foundation".
Pamela
Okano successfully represented a landlord who was sued
because a maintenance worker, who was also a tenant, molested
two children on the premises. The court of appeals ruled that
the tasks, and premises entrusted to the maintenance person
were not what endangered the children, and his hiring was
not a proximate cause of the injuries. Thompson v. Wang |
