Category: News

The program to take firearms away from people who are subject to Domestic Violence Protection Orders that was initiated in the City of Seattle has been praised by the New York Times. The New York Times is doing a series of opinion pieces on how to cut down on firearm violence across the country.  They  … Read more

On December 17, 2017 a Bremerton Police Officer was shot twice in the abdomen just below his bullet proof vest.  This did not have to happen and should not have happened. The man who shot Officer Kent Mayfield had been ordered by a court not to possess any weapons after he was charged with domestic  … Read more

Government Liable for Shooting Deaths   In this blog post, I argue that local governments may be held liable when they fail to secure firearms when given the opportunity and direction to do so. Indeed, by holding the government accountable, we may be able to prevent tragic shootings like the one that just happened in  … Read more

I can still remember getting on a two wheeled vehicle that included a motor for the first time.  It was not a motorcycle like the one pictured here.  Instead, it was a low powered moped.  I was 17 years old and I loved cranking up the throttle to maximum and literally buzzing around the town of Ocean  … Read more

This week, Nicholas Hogan, a former police officer with the Tukwila Police Department, was indicted by the federal government.  He was not indicted for breaking the leg of my client which resulted in a lawsuit and a settlement.  Instead, he was indicted for pepper spraying a man who was in four point restraints on a  … Read more

Uber may have just pulled off a victory in Court even greater than its victory on the streets over taxis cab drivers and limo drivers.   On April 21, 2016, the company announced it would settle the suit brought against it to have its workers declared employees rather than independent contractors by paying the workers $100 million.  … Read more

Former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, was sentenced in a federal court in Chicago on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, for illegally structuring bank transactions to keep a sex abuse scandal secret.  Unfortunately, he could not be prosecuted for the sexual assaults themselves because the statute of limitations had already run out on the offenses.   … Read more

  In a move that smacks of blaming the victim, BYU routinely investigates women who report sexual assaults.   Several women who have reported being raped while they were students at Brigham Young University are scared they may be disciplined by the school for so called “honor code” violations. One courageous young woman, Madi Barney,  … Read more

Common sense tells us that a bike rider who gets into a collision with a car is, of course, very likely to be injured.  Common sense is not wrong.  Even though only 1% of trips taken in the United States are by bicycle, bike riders face a much higher risk of being killed or injured  … Read more

Zipcar does not provide proper insurance for the people who “share” its cars.  Zipcar may lull people into thinking they have sufficient insurance to cover them if they are in an accident; unfortunately, this is not correct.  If you are at fauld in an accident with a Zipcar, the Zipcar insurance coverage only provides limits  … Read more