The survivor of a shooting, which took place in the parking lot of a local business, recently received a $11.05M settlement stemming from a negligent security and premise liability lawsuit alleging a failure to provide adequate security or maintain a safe environment for customers. The survivor was represented by SGB attorneys Julie Kline, Colin Mieling, and Lindsay Halm.

The plaintiffs are committed to confronting the institutional failures that allowed Jason Zaccaria to harass his employees and to prevent it from happening to others.

In 2022, Grandview School District near Yakima, Wash., agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a sex abuse claim brought by a former middle school student, C.M.A., who suffered years of abuse perpetrated by one of its teachers, Charles (“Chuck”) Adams. Following the settlement, law enforcement referred the case for criminal charges, which were recently filed, more than a year later, by the Yakima County Prosecutor’s office, according to the attorneys who represented C.M.A, Julie E. Kline and Sergio A. Garcidueñas-Sease from Seattle-based law firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (SGB). 

Cori Latousek was held to different standards than her counterparts and experienced targeted and unfair discrimination based on her gender and sexuality.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released its first gun trafficking report in more than two decades, putting in stark terms what we already know: the gun industry is the driving force behind the gun violence epidemic in this country.