A Washington federal court ruled that an insurer failed to overcome the presumption of no attorney-client privilege in a bad-faith dispute, ordering the production of its entire claim file.
A federal judge in Seattle denied a motion to dismiss a claim holding a corporate officer personally liable for unpaid benefit contributions, ruling that federal common law permits assent to trust agreements to be established through conduct, not just a sig...
U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik ruled Thursday that intervenor-defendants in a Washington Voting Rights Act case lack Article III standing to seek relief from a court-drawn remedial map, denying their motion to vacate the judgment.
A federal judge in Seattle remanded a putative class action under the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked Article III standing and the defendant’s removal to federal court was untimely.
A federal judge in Seattle granted a motion to remand a pay transparency lawsuit against Chipotle, ruling that a job applicant who never intended to work for the fast-food chain suffered no concrete injury from a missing salary range in a job posting.
U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo granted motions to dismiss by Progressive and State Farm in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit, ruling that plaintiff Jaxene Sundstrom failed to allege facts establishing the insurers were vicariously liable for...
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour strikes named plaintiff with prejudice for refusing to appear for discovery.
A federal judge in Seattle denied Angi Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration in a TCPA class action, ruling that genuine factual disputes over whether the plaintiff ever used the platform must be resolved through discovery of mutual assent can be decided.
SEATTLE (LN) — A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a Section 1983 lawsuit brought by six former Redmond firefighters who were fired after refusing to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the officials were entitled to qualified...
A federal judge in Seattle ruled that a direct-to-consumer retailer provided reasonably conspicuous notice of its arbitration terms through its online checkout screens, staying a putative class action alleging deceptive email marketing pending arbitration.
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington denied a motion for spoliation sanctions against Amazon, ruling that the company’s duty to preserve electronically stored information covered underlying data and code, not static snapshots of product det...
A federal judge in Tacoma denied summary judgment to the University of Washington Tacoma on a student’s First Amendment retaliation claim, allowing a jury to determine if faculty withdrew her from a social work program due to personal disagreement with her...
A putative class action over L'Oréal USA products will move from Seattle federal court to Manhattan after neither the lead plaintiff nor the State of Washington contested the transfer.
A federal judge denied prosecutors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, allowing a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit to proceed after the Ninth Circuit ruled absolute immunity did not apply to three specific acts: communicating with the press, making st...
A federal judge reversed course and voided a Georgia-law arbitration clause that would have forced a Washington warehouse worker to pursue his claims alone.
A Washington federal court has denied the Department of Justice’s motion to alter or amend its judgment in a dispute over administrative subpoenas for Seattle Children's Hospital records, reinforcing the finding that the government’s demand was pretextual a...
The Western District of Washington has denied the Department of Justice’s motion to alter or amend its judgment in a dispute over administrative subpoenas issued to Seattle Children’s Hospital for patient records related to gender-affirming care.
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington held that Christian foster parents who received a restricted license after refusing to use a child's preferred pronouns stated plausible First Amendment claims against the state's foster-care licensing p...
A federal judge in Washington held that a paraplegic woman's claim that her 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan's seat heater was defectively designed may go to trial, while dismissing her failure-to-warn claim and partially excluding her expert's testimony.
A federal judge in Tacoma held that a paraplegic passenger's design-defect claim against Volkswagen Group of America can go to trial after she suffered second-degree burns from a 2023 Tiguan's heated seat, while granting summary judgment on her failure-to-w...