Archive for August, 2009

A Northwest dairy producer has agreed to pay $260,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation suit.

Wilcox Farms, Inc., which has production facilities in Washington and Oregon, denied any wrongdoing but agreed to pay a former employee who said she was harassed by her supervisor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said today.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit on behalf of Diana Dominguez, claiming that her boss grabbed, propositioned and tried to undress her at Wilcox Farms’ Aurora plant. The suit also asserted that Wilcox retaliated by pressuring Dominguez to resign and forcing her to continue to work for the same supervisor. Ultimately, Dominguez quit.

In addition to paying its former employee, Wilcox Farms also agreed to distribute a sexual harassment policy in English and Spanish and to conduct workshops for all its employees.

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The wreck that killed three men near Monroe early Saturday now ranks as the worse traffic accident since three people died on Memorial Day 2005 along I-5.

Three deaths in one accident is out of the ordinary and above the average in Snohomish County, said Dick Doane, a statistician with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

Washington State Patrol troopers believe something similar happened Saturday night about 2 a.m. on Highway 522.

The driver of a Hyundai appears to have lost control and swerved across the center line into oncoming traffic.

The patrol identified the men who died as Christopher Anderson, 26, of Everett; Brian James Morgan, 23, of Lynnwood; and Steven Torres, 34, of Everett.

Investigators still are trying to determine what caused the crash, including if drugs or alcohol were factors.

Between 1993 and 2008, there were 712 fatal crashes in Snohomish County, killing 777.

Snohomish County averages about 43 traffic deaths each year. Through July, 16 people have died, records show.

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The Lynnwood, WA car accident lawyers at the Kornfeld law firm have experience. Generally speaking, you have 2 years from the time of your Lynnwood car accident to file a claim. You deserve compensation for your injuries.

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In all personal injury cases, including Lynnwood motor vehicle accident cases of all types, you are entitled to recover general damages for your pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, permanent disfigurement, scarring, loss of opportunity to enjoy life, interference with the husband/wife or parent/child relationship, wrongful death, loss of services, dismemberment and any other type of general damage that deals with an injury which you can think of.  You are also entitled to recover special damages which are past, present and future medical bills, wage loss, loss of earnings potential and other out-of-pocket expenses.  It is your attorney’s obligation to properly prepare your case and determine what these damages are. This usually takes place after your medical condition is stabilized.

At the point when your medical condition stabilizes, which means you will not get any better or worse, your Lynnwood attorney should speak to your doctors and obtain medical reports regarding your prognosis.  At the conclusion of your recovery, the attorney shall put together a settlement demand package to try and resolve your case with the insurance company. From that point forward, negotiations will take place. Your Lynnwood car accident attorney should be goal oriented to maximize your RECOVERY.

If your case does not settle, your attorney will file suit and proceed to trial.  Many times an insurance company will not pay you what you deserve to recover until your case is set for trial or close to trial. Insurance companies know which attorneys take cases to trial and which attorneys settle cases.  Those attorneys, who proceed and prepare a case as though it shall proceed to trial, will likely recover more money for you than a settlement lawyer. It behooves all attorneys to try and settle cases.  However, if cases do not settle in a reasonable period of time, it behooves everyone to file suit and prosecute your case, preparing for trial.

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