News Stories
Sep 4th 2009 (Missoulian) - Catholics encourage victims to report abuse by priests in western Montana
http://m.missoulian.com/news/local/article_7929ccd6-98e6-11de-bd31-001cc4c03286.html
May 14th 2009 (Seattle Times) - Archdiocese defends vetting of former priest
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009217891_churchtrial14m.html
May 4th 2009 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - In a first for Seattle, church sex abuse suit headed to trial
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405867_church04.html
April 29th 2009 (Federal Way News) - Neighbors file lawsuit against third runway
http://www.federalwaynews.net/articles/2009/04/29/news/local_news/story06.txt
March 8th 2009 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Ex-prosecutor Corey, former colleagues spar in dueling court papers
http://www.thenewstribune.com/topstories/story/650726.html
February 18th 2009 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) -- Seattle U may be caught in Jesuit scandal
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400643_jesuit19.html
January 27th 2009 (Spokesman-Review) - Bankruptcy for diocese - Filing to stop sex abuse suites won't close schools
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/diocese/?id=37129
January 25th 2009 (Seattle Times) -- State agency settle harassment claim for $800,000 - A Washington state agency is paying about $800,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim by three women
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008669514_apwaharassmentsettlement.html
January 24th 2009 (Tacoma News Tribune) - $800,000 in Tacoma L&I harassment suit - State to pay three female workers at Tacoma's Labor and Industries office
http://www.thenewstribune.com/topstories/story/605106.html
October 19th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) -- County's Legal Fees add up in Corey Suit - Lost $3 million verdict means costs for appeal
http://www.thenewstribune.com/new/local/story/512724.html
October 9th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Pierce County housing authority opts to go bankrupt - litigation over mold in complex prompts decision
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/503482.html
August 12th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Pierce County firing suit changes focus to issue of mental distress
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/442029.html
July 24th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Suit against county prosecutor begins with dueling versions of the truth - Former deputy says Horne fired her to cover up own mistakes
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/crime/story/423008.html
July 16th 2008 (The Olympian) - Jury says millions owed in Rainer area shooting - Man faces Civil suit for killing neighbor
http://theolympian.com/southsound/story/509399.html
July 16th 2008 (The Olympian) -- Jury rules against shooter in civil case
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/508036.html
April 24th 2008 (Kirotv.com) - LDS Church Leaders Accused of Molestation Cover-up
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15977797/detail.html
April 2nd 2008 (The Olympian) - Ecology settles discrimination suit - Workers to get $700,000 over promotions
http://theolympian.com/stategovernment/story/406344.html
March 10th 2008 (Washington State Bar Assoc.) - Thomas B. Vertetis Receives Washington's State Bar Association Local Hero Award.
http://www.wsba.org/media/releases/vertetis0308.htm
January 31st 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) -- Mold Settlement hurts low-income renters most
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/269938.html
January 5th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) - BCTI students to get their money - Settlement checks of $8,068 going to most who got poor training
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/education/story/246201.html
January 5th 2008 (Tacoma News Tribune) Litigation on BCTI mess isn't over yet
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/education/story/246231.html
January 4th 2008 (Seattle Times) - Jesuits agree to settlement in abuse case
http://seattletimes.nwsoure.com/html/localnews/2004106962_jesuit04m.html
January 3rd 2008 (Seattle Times) - Northwest Jesuits settle Indian boarding school abuse claims
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003306651_jesuit16m.html
Link to Morning Star Boys Rank Articles
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/morningstar/
December 6th 2007 (Spokesman-Review) - Former Scout sues for molestation
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=12683
November 15th 2007 (Seattle Times) - Settlement of $1,1 million in Catholic school sexual abuse case
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004015074_courtney15m.html
October 28th 2007 (Seattle Times) - Jesuits pay for sins of abusers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003979266_jesuit28m.html
August 28th 2007 (CBS News) - Ex-scouts break their silence on abuse - Matt Stewart blaims the Boy Scouts of America for his lost childhood
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/eveningnews/main3213145.shtml
July 10th 2007 (Spokesman-Review) - Landmark Idaho sex abuse suit filed
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10622
May 12th 2007 (Tacoma News Tribune) -- Ex-BCTI students will collect - Insurance Company to pay $9 million in fraud suit
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/education/story/60535.html
February 24th 2007 (Washingtonpost.com) - Abuse Victims Demand More Than a Check From the Church
January 5th 2007 (Seattle Times) - Spokane Diocese reaches $48 million settlement
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003510443_catholic05m.html
December 12th, 2006 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Students stuck with big debt, broken dreams - Former students are suing a defunct Gig Harbor-based training school they say promised much and delivered little. BCTI's rise and fall offers a cautionary tale of the for-profit education world.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/projects/bcti/articles/story/366762.html
December 8th 2006 (Tacoma News Tribune) - Students' struggles complicate claims - To defend itself in court, BCTI could take aim at former students who have troubled pasts. They say BCTI didn't keep its promises.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/projects/bcti/articles/story/29954.html
August 12th 2006 (Spokesman-Review) - Victims seek $60 million: Attorney suggests parishioners pay for half
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/diocese/?id=144485
July 29th 2006 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Boy Souts must release records on sex abuse claims
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/279404_scouts29.html
July 27th 2006 (Seattle Times) - State Supreme Court says sex abuse files kept by Boy Scouts can be used in lawsuit
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060727&slug=webscouts27
June 13th 2006 (Seattle Times) - Two sexual abuse lawsuits filed against Yakima Diocese
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060613&slug=webdiocese13
February 27th 2006 (Seattle Times) - Lawyers team up to take on sex-abuse case
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060227&slug=lawyers27m
February 17th 2006 (Seattle Times) - Court says state isn't liable for crimes by foster kids
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060217&slug=dshs17m
February 1st 2006 (Spokesman-Review) - Diocese offers $45.7 million - Deal may settle 70 victims sex abuse claims
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/section/diocese/?id=131552
November 22nd 2005 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Mormon church loses in sex-abuse verdict
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/249301_mormon22.html
November 2nd 2005 (Seattle Times) - Parents sue district over treatment of Latinos http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20051102&slug=schoollawsuit02
August 27th 2005 (Seattle Times) - Spokane churches can be sold to pay debt, judge rules
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050827&slug=bankrupt27m
June 11th 2005 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Puyallup settles suit over man's death
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/228166_puyallup11.html
June 10th 2005 (Seattle Times) - City of Puyallup to pay $1 million to settle federal lawsuit
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050610&slug=webloomis10
January 30th 2005 (Spokessman-Review) - Diocese readies aggressive defense - Lawyer intends to find flaws among $76 million in claims
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/diocese/?id=51242
December 7th 2004 (Seattle Times) - Spokane diocese files for bankruptcy
http://community.seattletimes.nwsouce.com/archive/?date=20041207&slug=diocese07m
November 16th 2004 (Seattle Times) - Issaquah School District agrees to settle sex-abuse suit
http://www.community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20041116&slug=glance16e
July 7th 2004 (Seattle Times) - Archdiocese in Portland declares bankruptcy
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040707&slug=bankrupt07m
April 6th 2004 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Local man settles sexual-abuse case - Archdiocese of Seattle apologizes for what priest allegedly did
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/167842_mcgreal06.html
February 28th 2004 (Seattle Times) - Local response to church-abuse studies mixed
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040228&slug=catholic28m
December 18th 2003 (Seattle Times) - Fired hospital manager sues over sex-harassment probe
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031218&slug=western18m
November 18th 2003 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - DSHS hit with $10.3 million verdict - Jury holds state responsible for assault involving foster youths
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/148769_foster18.html
November 18th 2003 (Seattle Times) - Jury faults DSHS for attack by foster kids
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031118&slug=foster18m
November 12th 2003 (Seattle Times) - Foster boys beat teen into coma; should DSHS pay for their crime?
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031112&slug=foster12m
September 12th 2003 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Church to pay millions in abuse lawsuit - 15 men who accused priest reach settlement with Seattle Archdiocese
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/139271_settlement12.html
Septemeber 11th 2003 (Seattle Times) - Settlement reached in suit over sex abuse by priest
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030912&slug=catholic12m
September 6th 2003 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Church knew of sex abuse claims for decades
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/138402_priest06.html
July 14th 2003 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - DSHS' liability a costly issue for state - Broad exposure to suits being pushed even further
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/130738_suethestate14.html
May 27th 2003 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Malpractice issue won't die - Lawyers keeping eye on senators who would back liability limits
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/123734_tortreform27.html
December 8th 2002 (Seattle Times) - Cost of sexual-abuse lawsuits against archdiocese considered
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20021208&slug=catholic08m
September 18th 2002 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Civil rights suit settled in Puyallup schools - District agrees to change plus a $7.5 million payout
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/87495_settle18.shtml
May 31st 2002 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Beleaguered church calls in panel of experts
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/72740_priest31.shtml
January 24th 2002 (Seattle Times) - Gregoire's office admits error in costly wrongful-death suit
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020124&slug=wrongfuldeath24m
January 22nd 2002 (Seattle Times) - Church protects pedophiles, victim charges in lawsuit
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020123&slug=jehovah23m
April 27th 2001 (Seattle Times) - State to pay $670,000 in disabled woman's rape
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010427&slug=dige27m
April 25th 2001 (Seattle Times) - Schell names 2 to task force
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010425&slug=dige25m
December 21st 2000 (Seattle Times) - Last big lawsuit settled in O.K. Boys - Total: $22.3 million to 51 men for abuse
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960808&slug=2343169
September 2nd 2000 (Seattle Times) -- $22.4 million verdict against state - Felon killed woman in traffic accident
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20000902&slug=4040206
November 28th 1997 (Seattle Times) - Slain girl's mom says jury award will aid charities
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971128&slug=2575026
January 9th 1997 (Seattle Times) - Two families file suit against Pang
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970109&slug=2517913
August 8th 1996 (Seattle Times) - State guilty, too? - Slain teen's mother sues parole board
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960808&slug=2343169
