Miscellaneous

• 2 Die When Fishing Boat Capsizes

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 10, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Sunday a Seattle fishing vessel, The Papa George, sank 12 miles off the Washington coast. Two of the vessels' crew members, David Starbuck, 62, and Ethel Zelaya, 37, died when the vessel capsized. Traveling in the skiff, the surviving crew came ashore at Long Beach at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, bringing the bodies of the two victims along with them. None of the survivors required...

• General Contractors Must Formulate and Enforce Fall Protection Plans

  Michael Myers | September 02, 2007 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A recent Seattle Times article highlights an important issue in the construction trades--especially with so much building taking place in Seattle and around Puget Sound. The Times reported the following: A 73-year-old man was rushed to Bremerton's Harrison Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after he fell down a 30-foot shaft at a construction site this afternoon.Central Kitsap Fire...

• Four Killed in "Flightseeing" Plane Crash Near Ketchikan

  Mark McLean | August 24, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A plane crash north of Ketchikan, Alaska killed four Holland America Line patrons on a "flightseeing" tour. Five other Holland America patrons were seriously injured. Three of the five survivors were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and are in critical condition. The plane was operated by SeaWind Aviation.Victims of the crash include Eric, Christine and (three year old)...

• Cruise Ship Passengers Injured From Glacial Ice

  Mark McLean | August 16, 2007 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  18 passengers were injured when a cruise ship in the Arctic Ocean was hit with ice falling from a nearby glacier. Three passengers and a Russian crewman were flown to hospital in Tromso after the incident, which happened off the Svalbard Islands 300 miles north of Norway on Wednesday.Two of the passengers have serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown around on the ship when...

• Attorney General Cautions Use of Chinese Tires

  Mark McLean | August 16, 2007 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is one of 24 attorneys general throughout the country warning consumers to be wary of defective tires sold by Hangzhou Zhongce, or "HGR" , a Chinese tire manufacturer. Apparently, defective HGR tires have been suspected in causing a litany of car accidents in recent months. A recall is expected soon. Even though HGR is a foreign corporation, it is still...

• Holland America's New Blog Fails to Outline Claims Limitations

  Mark McLean | August 09, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A surprising number of cruise ship patrons are injured aboard ships every year. Holland America Line is a giant of the cruise line industry. Holland America's cruise tickets contain small print forcing requirements on its patrons including a one-year limitation on claims and that all lawsuits must be filed in Seattle courts, among others. Holland America also recognizes the power of a...

• Apple and AT&T Sued Over iPhone

  Mark McLean | August 07, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Apple and AT&T are facing a potential class-action lawsuit over the battery life of the new iPhone. The suit alleges not only that the iPhone was defective, but also that corporate officers knew of the defects and fraudulently withheld that information from customers. The lawsuit follows a complaint sent to Apple CEO Steve Jobs by the New York State Consumer Protection Board which asks him to...

• Samsung Sued for Faulty Camcorders

  Mark McLean | August 02, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Samsung customers recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, alleging that it knowingly sold faulty camcorders, forcing customers to pay as much as $150 to fix them.In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Samsung is accused of ignoring customer complaints that its camcorders with an image sensor device known as a CCD imager...

• BarBri Settles Class Action Lawsuit

  Mark McLean | August 02, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  BarBri, the nation's leading preparation course for bar examinations throughout the country, recently settled a class action lawsuit brought by its customers, alleging BarBri violated antitrust laws by, among other things, colluding with Kaplan (an LSAT preparation course) to stay out of each other's dominant areas of emphasis. The case settled for $49 million.

• Tainted Ginger Recalled from China

  Mark McLean | August 02, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In the latest scandal involving Chinese food exports, tainted ginger has recently been recalled. Apparently, the ginger contained a toxic pesticide.State and federal health officials are now working to determine how the ginger got into this country and how widely it has been sold. It's not the first time that contaminated Chinese ginger has been a problem.U.S. port inspectors in Seattle have...