Million Dollar Settlements

• $9.78M

  $9.78 million settlement for losses suffered by multiple individuals due to a fire caused by welding during state bridge maintenance project near Cle Elum, WA

• $6.9M

  $6.9 million settlement on behalf of a 5-month-old girl who sustained a brain injury in a fall from 60-year-old bleachers which violated building code at Toppenish High School, representing the largest settlement in Yakima County history

• $6.25M

  $6.25 million settlement for 46-year-old man injured in a car-truck collision, representing the largest settlement in Franklin County history

• $4.264M

  $4.264 million settlement for a 26-year-old Yakima male who suffered from spinal fractures resulting in paraplegia as a result of a multi-vehicle pileup on icy I-90, east of Ellensburg, WA

• $3.5M

  $3.5 million settlement as a result of a spinal cord injury sustained by a 9-year-old Ellensburg, WA girl in playground injury

• $2.8M

  settlement for spinal injuries to man injured in bus-pickup collision

• $2.5M

  $2.5 million settlement for 61-year-old Yakima man with multiple injuries from a head-on collision on Satus Pass, WA

• $2.1M

  $2.1 million settlement for a family as the result of the death of a young man in a one-vehicle rollover

• $1.62M

  $1.62 million settlement on behalf of a Yakima, WA woman who sustained back and other injuries in a single-vehicle accident, representing the largest ever underinsured motorist arbitration award on a personal injury case in Yakima County

• $1.6M

  $1.6 million settlement for victims of the Blue Creek Fire in Walla Walla, WA

• $1.5M

  $1.5 million settlement for a 62-year-old trucker who suffered leg and pelvis fractures caused by another truck coming across the median on Interstate 5 near Bellingham, WA

• $1.35M

  $1.35 million settlement for two families who suffered timber and fencing losses due to a fire caused by improperly maintained farm equipment

• $1.342M

  $1.342 million settlement for a 33-year-old man with arm and shoulder injury in a head-on collision, representing the highest settlement in the history of Stevens County

• $1.25M

  $1.25 million settlement for 65-year-old Yakima woman for multiple injuries suffered in auto-semi tractor/trailer collision

• $1.25M

  $1.25 million settlement for 83-year-old Florida grandmother and her two 6-year-old granddaughters hit by pickup truck in Selah, WA church parking lot

• $1.2M

  $1.2 million settlement awarded to 32-year-old factory worker injured in boiler explosion

• $1.15M

  $1.15 million settlement for orthopedic injuries to 52-year-old Yakima man in two-car collision

• $1.15M

  $1.15 million settlement for a 42-year-old man who injured his back when a roll of carpet knocked a shelf onto him while working at Lowe’s store

• $1.05M

  $1.05 million settlement for multiple injuries to 78- and 75-year-old sisters injured in a head-on car crash on White Pass, WA

• $1.025M

  $1.025 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 67-year-old Selah man hurt in auto accident

• $1.0M

  $1.0 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 46-year-old Yakima man in auto accident

• $1.0M

  $1.0 million settlement for a 30-year-old male who suffered right shoulder, neck, and low back injuries in a high-speed rear-end collision

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Car Accidents

• $6.25M

  record-setting recovery for 46-year-old Franklin County man injured in a car-truck collision

• $4.264M

  recovery for 26-year-old Yakima male who suffered from spinal fractures resulting in paraplegia as a result of a multi-vehicle pileup on icy Interstate Highway 90, east of Ellensburg, WA

• $2.8M

  $2.8M settlement for spinal injuries to man injured in bus-pickup collision

• $2.5M

  $2.5 million settlement for multiple injuries to Wapato, WA man injured in collision with an 18-wheeler truck

• $1.35M

  recovery for 57-year-old man who suffered multiple leg fractures, back fracture and closed head injury when hit by car

• $1.342M

  $1.342 million settlement for a 33-year-old man with arm/shoulder injury in a head-on collision, representing the highest settlement in the history of Stevens County

• $1.25M

  $1.25 million settlement for 65-year-old Yakima woman for multiple injuries suffered in auto-semi tractor/trailer collision

• $1.25M

  settlement for 83-year-old Florida grandmother and her two 6-year-old granddaughters hit by pickup truck in Selah church parking lot

• $1.15M

  settlement for orthopedic injuries to 52-year-old Yakima man in two-car collision

• $1.05M

  settlement for multiple injuries to 78 and 75-year-old sisters injured in head-on car crash on White Pass

• $1.025M

  $1.025 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 67-year-old Selah man hurt in auto accident

• $1.0M

  $1.0 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 46-year-old Yakima man in auto accident

• $1.0M

  $1 million settlement for 30-year-old male who suffered right shoulder, neck, and low back injuries in a high speed rear-end collision

• $974,000

  $974,000 settlement for 30-year-old Yakima, WA man with right shoulder and low back injuries

• $928,687

  $928,687 settlement for family of 56-year-old Yakima man killed in head-on collision

• $750,000

  $750,000 settlement for 18-year-old Yakima, WA man with brain, pelvis, and leg injuries from an auto-truck collision

• $700,000

  recovery for a 47-year-old Kittitas County female who suffered a neck injury in an auto accident

• $695,000

  $695,000 settlement for 54-year-old Yakima, WA man injured in collision with a county snowplow truck

• $625,000

  $625,000 arbitration award to 29-year-old Tieton, WA woman with dental and jaw injuries from a head-on collision

• $600,000

  $600,000 settlement for 9-year-old boy with brain, jaw, and leg injuries suffered when a driver lost control on icy I-82

• $550,000

  $550,000 settlement for a 19-year-old woman in a head-on collision

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for a 55-year-old male pedestrian who suffered shoulder and back injuries after being hit by a car

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for a low back injury to 57-year-old Yakima, WA man

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for Selah, WA man with neck and shoulder injuries from a collision where an oncoming driver crossed the center line on Highway 12

• $500,000

  settlement for 55-year-old male pedestrian who suffered shoulder and back injuries after being hit by a car

• $450,000

  $450,000 settlement for 33-year-old Yakima, WA woman who sustained a cervical fracture in a head-on collision

• $448,000

  settlement for 47-year old man who sustained a low back injury in a car crash

• $487,300

  $487,300 settlement for a knee injury to a 19-year-old Kittitas, WA woman injured in a head-on collision

• $475,000

  settlement for a 25-year-old Yakima man who sustained internal injuries in a car crash

• $450,000

  $450,000 settlement for 51-year-old Wapato, WA man with low back injuries

• $353,655

  $353,655 settlement to 71-year-old Lynnwood, WA woman with shoulder injuries when a wheel came off another vehicle and struck hers

• $350,000

  recovery for 63-year-old female who sustained hip and knee injuries in auto accident

• $350,000

  settlement for a 50-year old man who sustained a neck injury in a car crash

• $350,000

  $350,000 settlement for hip injury to 45-year-old Seattle man injured in rear-end collision in Spokane, WA

• $350,000

  settlement for a 39-year-old Yakima woman sustained a low back injury

• $350,000

  $350,000 settlement for 22-year-old Ellensburg, WA man injured in collision

• $315,000

  settlement for 62-year-old Washington State Trooper who suffered a herniated disc in his lower back

• $310,000

  settlement for a 49-year-old Yakima man sustained internal injuries in a car crash

• $305,000

  settlement in which a 68-year-old Selah woman was injured in a car crash

• $300,000

  settlement for a 64-year old man who sustained back injury in a car crash

• $300,000

  settlement for a 51-year old man who sustained low back injury in a car crash

• $290,000

  settlement for a 58-year old woman who sustained multiple injuries in a car crash

• $275,000

  settlement for a 22 year-old woman involved in a truck collision which resulted in a head injury

• $262,500

  settlement for a 41-year old man who sustained a head injury in a car crash

• $250,000

  recovery for a 86-year-old male who sustained chest injuries in car/pickup crash

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Brain Injuries

• $6.9M

  The largest settlement in Yakima County history settled by Abeyta Nelson on behalf of a 5-month-old girl who sustained a brain injury in a fall from 60-year-old bleachers which violated building code at Toppenish High School

• $2.5M

  $2.5 million settlement for 61-year-old Yakima, WA man with multiple injuries from a head-on collision on Satus Pass, WA

• $800,000

  $800,000 settlement for an 18-year-old who suffered a brain injury in a collision in Nevada

• $750,000

  $750,000 settlement for 18-year-old Yakima, WA man with brain injury from auto-truck collision

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Wrongful Death

• $2.1M

  recovery for family as the result of the death of a young man in a one-vehicle rollover

• $1.0M

  $1 million settlement for 8-year-old boy who drowned in cloudy swimming pool at Eastern Washington resort

• $928,687

  $928,687 settlement for family of 56-year-old Yakima man killed in head-on collision

• $875,000

  $875,000 settlement for a 75-year-old woman and 78-year-old man where wife died following a collision in which she sustained a hip fracture and aggravation of dementia resulting in her premature death

• $850,000

  settlement on behalf of 22-year-old who died on construction site

• $700,000

  settlement for children of 39-year-old Native American man who committed suicide in Yakama Tribal Jail

• $700,000

  settlement for accidental death of 47-year-old auto body repairman in auto collision

• $600,000

  settlement on behalf of 37-year-old construction worker on job site

• $556,331

  settlement for accidental death of 51-year-old farm laborer in car accident

• $450,000

  recovery for family of 43-year-old man who fell from unguarded sleeping loft

• $360,000

  $360,000 settlement (insurance policy limits and $235,000 personal contribution from at-fault driver’s estate) for the death of a 71-year-old man

• $262,000

  $262,000 (policy limits) settlement for death of 79-year-old Yakima, WA man hit while crossing the street

• $200,000

  $200,000 policy-limits settlement for death of a 46-year-old man in collision

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  Confidential settlement for death of a 68-year-old woman as a result of neglect at Yakima, WA nursing home

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  Confidential settlement for 88-year-old woman who died at Yakima, WA nursing home as a result of neglect

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Bicycle Accidents

• $510,000

  $510,000 settlement for a 38-year-old Spokane, WA man with a neck injury who collided with a car making a left turn in front of him

• $275,000

  $275,000 settlement for a low back injury to a 57-year-old Yakima, WA man from a collision when a driver turned in front of him

• $185,000

  $185,000 settlement for a 29-year-old Marysville, WA man who was hit by a car as he was helping a disabled motorist

• $170,000

  $170,000 settlement for a 65-year-old Yakima, WA man who sustained a hip fracture from a bicycle-car collision

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Dog Bites

• $350,000

  settlement for a 46-year old client who suffered dog bite injuries

• $300,000

  $300,000 settlement for 9-year-old girl bitten on head and face

• $300,000

  settlement for family of 6-year-old Yakima girl who sustained facial lacerations

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Jail Injuries

• $700,000

  $700,000 settlement for children of 39-year-old Native American man who hung himself in Yakama Tribal Jail due to negligent supervision

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Livestock in Road Injuries

• $625,000

  $625,000 recovery for shoulder and knee injuries to 53-year-old Yakima, WA man due to head-on collision near White Swan, WA

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Medical Devices

• Confidential

  settlement for Yakima man who suffered paralysis of legs following failure of medical device during spinal fusion surgery

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Motorcycle Accidents

• $260,000

  $260,000 settlement (insurance limits and personal contribution by at-fault driver) for spinal injury to a 24-year-old man in a car-motorcycle collision

• $245,000

  $245,000 settlement for a 76-year-old man with multiple injuries from a car-scooter collision

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Nursing Home Injuries

• $525,000

  settlement resulting from sexual abuse of developmentally disabled 38-year-old woman at state-run nursing facility

• $300,000

  settlement for family of a 77-year-old man related to nursing home death

• $180,000

  $180,000 settlement for 84-year-old woman who suffered bed sores at a Wenatchee, WA nursing home

• $175,000

  settlement for 79-year-old Yakima man who suffered a broken leg

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  Confidential settlement for 88-year-old Vancouver, WA woman who developed pressure sores (bed sores) due to nursing home neglect

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  settlement for 68-year-old woman who died from nursing home neglect

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Pedestrian Accidents

• $660,578

  $660,578 settlement for spinal injuries to a 12-year-old girl hit by an off-duty Washington State Patrol officer in a crosswalk on her way to school

• $514,000

  $514,000 settlement for knee and ankle injuries to a 69-year-old woman hit by a car in a church parking lot

• $262,000

  $262,000 (policy limits) settlement for the death of a 79-year-old Yakima, WA man hit while crossing a street

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Premises Liability

• $6.9M

  $6.9 million settlement on behalf of a 5-month-old girl who sustained a brain injury in a fall from 60-year-old bleachers which violated building code at Toppenish High School, representing the largest settlement in Yakima County history

• $1.0M

  $1.0 million settlement for parents of an 8-year-old Puyallup, WA boy who died in a cloudy swimming pool at Sun Lakes State Park, WA

• $900,000

  settlement for a 38-year-old man as a result of low back and hip injuries requiring surgery

• $550,000

  $550,000 settlement for a 36-year-old man for low back injury at work when a shelf he was standing on collapsed

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for a 74-year-old man who fell on an icy driveway at a residence

• $485,000

  $485,000 settlement for a 76-year-old funeral worker knocked into an open grave when a canopy pole came loose and hit him

• $450,000

  $450,000 settlement for a 43-year-old man who died in a fall from an unguarded sleeping loft

• $300,000

  $300,000 settlement for 41-year-old Leavenworth woman who fell off an unguarded deck

• $200,000

  $200,00 settlement for 51-year-old Montana woman who slipped on an icy sidewalk at Ellensburg, WA motel

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School Injuries

• $3.5M

  settlement as a result of a spinal cord injury sustained by a 9-year-old Ellensburg girl in playground injury

• $350,000

  $350,000 settlement for a 4-year-old preschool boy whose leg was broken when lockers fell over on him

• $300,000

  $300,000 settlement for a 41-year-old Leavenworth, WA woman who fell off an unguarded deck

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Slips, Trips and Falls

• $900,000

  recovery for 38-year-old man who suffered low back injury in fall

• $376,000

  settlement for Toppenish woman who injured her hand when she tripped over unmarked, protruding bolt in business parking lot

• $305,000

  settlement for 53-year-old woman who suffered an ankle fracture after a fall on icy steps

• $225,000

  recovery for 63-year-old woman who sustained a knee fracture in fall

• $200,000

  $200,000 settlement for a 68-year-old woman who tripped on offset sidewalk outside State Fair Grounds

• $200,000

  $200,000 settlement for 51-year-old Montana woman who slipped on an icy sidewalk at an Ellensburg, WA motel

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Summer Camp Injuries

• $475,000

  $475,000 settlement for loss of vision in one eye for 12-year-old boy due to unsupervised wood chopping at summer camp

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Trucking Accidents

• $4.264M

  $4.264 million settlement for a 26-year-old Yakima, WA man who suffered from spinal fractures resulting in paraplegia as a result of a multi-vehicle pileup on icy I-90, east of Ellensburg, WA

• $2.5M

  $2.5 million settlement for multiple injuries to a Wapato, WA man injured in a collision with an 18-wheeler truck

• $1.5M

  settlement for 62-year-old trucker who suffered leg and pelvis fractures caused by another truck coming across the median on Interstate 5 near Bellingham, WA

• $695,000

  recovery for 54-year-old man who suffered back and neck injuries in snowplow/dump truck collision

• $600,000

  $600,000 settlement for 46-year-old Nevada woman injured in semi-truck collision on I-82

• $525,000

  $525,000 settlement for knee and low back injuries to a 49-year-old Yakima, WA man injured in collision with semi-truck

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for 50-year-old Oregon woman rear-ended by a semi-truck on an icy road

• $425,000

  $425,000 settlement for neck and shoulder injuries to a 67-year-old man whose car was hit by an 18-wheeler truck

• $200,000

  $200,000 settlement for 58-year-old Moxee, WA man injured in a semi-truck collision

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Uninsured Motorists

• $1.62M

  The largest ever underinsured motorist arbitration award on a personal injury case in Yakima County settled on behalf of a Yakima woman who sustained back and other injuries in a single-vehicle accident

• $1.025M

  $1.025 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 67-year-old Selah man hurt in auto accident

• $1.0M

  $1.0 million policy limits settlement for neck and back injuries to 46-year-old Yakima man in auto accident

• $806,000

  settlement for auto repairman who sustained head injury

• $750,000

  settlement for Yakima man who sustained head, leg and pelvic injuries in head-on collision

• $700,000

  settlement for 47-year-old man In 18-wheeler truck accident

• $670,000

  settlement for shoulder injury to 59-year-old auto repair shop owner and back injury to 58-year-old wife injured in car crash

• $625,000

  $625,000 arbitration award for 29-year-old Tieton, WA woman with dental and jaw injuries from a head-on collision

• $150,000

  settlement for liability and UIM claims for soft tissue injury – (original offer from client’s insurance company was $2,500)

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Wildland Fire Losses

• $9.78M

  recovery for losses suffered by multiple individuals due to fire caused by welding during state bridge maintenance project near Cle Elum, WA

• $6.2 M

  settlement for six families for loss of timber, homes, property, and emotional distress due to fire caused by improperly maintained power line near Twisp, WA

• $1.6 M

  settlement for victims of the Blue Creek Fire in Walla Walla, WA

• $1.35M

  recovery for two families who suffered timber and fencing losses due to fire caused by improperly maintained farm equipment

• $600,000

  $600,000 settlement for victims of South Wenas Fire outside Selah, WA

• $600,000

  settlement for victims of the St. Mary’s Mission Road Fire in Omak, WA

• $219,330

  settlement for victims of the Wishram Fire in Wishram, WA

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  settlement for victims of the Monastery Fire on Satus Pass near Goldendale, WA

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Workplace Injuries

• $3.75M

  $3.75 million settlement for a 29-year-old man who suffered a brain injury when boxes fell on him while unloading a truck

• $1.2 M

  settlement awarded to 32-year-old factory worker injured in boiler explosion

• $1.15 M

  settlement for 42-year-old man who injured his back when a roll of carpet knocked shelf onto him while working at Lowe’s store

• $825,000

  settlement for 49-year-old Yakima automotive technician who suffered a brain injury

• $800,000

  settlement for wrist fracture from construction site fall sustained by 35-year-old female electrical apprentice

• $725,000

  recovery for 56-year-old man who suffered fractured ankle in forklift unloading accident

• $685,000

  settlement for shoulder injury to female truck driver

• $650,000

  $650,000 settlement for multiple injuries to a 54-year-old man struck by an 18-wheeler truck in a parking lot as he walked from his truck

• $650,000

  settlement for 60-year-old Hanford worker who injured his knee when truck running board gave way

• $650,000

  $650,000 settlement for 49-year-old Sunnyside, WA man who injured his knee at Hanford when his truck running board collapsed

• $574,000

  $574,000 settlement for 39-year-old Yakima, WA woman pinned against her vehicle when a loaded brake rack rolled into her

• $500,000

  $500,000 settlement for 69-year-old man whose dump truck was rear-ended by a semi-truck on I-90

• $435,000

  $435,000 settlement for shoulder and low back injuries to 66-year-old Wapato, WA man when a vehicle rear-ended his tractor

• $250,000

  settlement for a 50-year old male who sustained a workplace shoulder injury

• $200,000

  $200,000 settlement for a 50-year old male who sustained a workplace shoulder injury

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