... ...   ___________________________________________________ Premises Liability  Safety and prevention measures are increasingly more common in public settings and the workplace. Yet regulations aren’t always met. Shortcuts are taken. And injuries often follow. We can help injured people hold responsible parties accountable in cases related to facility and workplace safety. Examples of our firm’s premises liability experience include: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lohr v. Komatsu Electronic Materials, et al $2.75 million settlement Plaintiff’s counsel: Michael E. Withey An explosion and fire at a silicon plant in Moses Lake sent employees to the hospital with lung damage. Mike represented injured employee Jeremy Lohr, age 24, in a claim against the plant’s Japanese parent company. The case spotlighted the handling of health and safety conditions at a foreign-owned plant operating in the United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Carpenter v. North Thurston School District $2 million settlement Plaintiff’s counsel: Paul L. Stritmatter, Kevin Coluccio A student doing chin ups on a soccer goal received a significant brain injury when the goal structure fell on him. Our legal team represented the student athlete against the soccer goal structure manufacturer and the school district for defects in the goal structure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vahn and Sue Linnabary v. City of Seattle $400,000 settlement Plaintiffs’ counsel: Ray W. Kahler While disposing of household items at a City of Seattle garbage dump, retiree Vahn Linnabary slipped and fell 14 feet onto the concrete floor of the garbage pit. He fractured his hip and pelvis in the incident, which brought attention to the facility’s lack of protection from falls. The stall Vahn was using had only a single loose chain to prevent people from falling into the pit. We helped represent Vahn in his claim against the City of Seattle for inadequate safety practices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evans v. Safeway and Archer Construction Settlement: $402,000 Plaintiff’s co-counsel: Ray W. Kahler, Paul L. Stritmatter An elementary school teacher fell in a grocery store parking lot due to a large sinkhole, injuring both of her legs. The evidence included an investigation by geotechnical engineers and showed that the sinkhole was caused by inadequate “backfill” compaction by a subcontractor when the parking lot was built. Additionally, the grocery store failed to keep the parking lot in good repair for its customers. The teacher’s leg injuries were such that she was not able to continue teaching - she was unable to stand for long periods of time, move around the classroom, walk around the school, and bend and kneel to do activities with the children.   Experienced trial lawyers dedicated to achieving the best possible results for injured people. Home l About l Cases l Attorneys l Resources l Contact Copyright © 2004, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio. All rights reserved. 1-888-879-8383