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• Wegovy Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Health Insurers for Not Covering Obesity Treatment

  October 12, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit filed in Washington state accuses a state-run health insurer of discrimination for failing to cover her Wegovy weight loss prescription.

• Yakima Army Base to Give Local Residents Water Filters Due to PFAS Contamination Risks

  August 3, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. Army has announced it will provide water filtration systems to nearby homes where high levels of PFAS contamination have been detected, indicating the chemicals leached into local wells due to the use of firefighting foam chemicals.

• Seattle Hospital Bacterial Infection Outbreak Kills 4, Sickens Dozens of Patients

  April 28, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A Seattle hospital warns that bacterial contamination has sickened 31 patients and may have contributed to the deaths of four.

• JUUL Settlement Will Pay Washington State $22.5M to Resolve Claims It Targeted Teen Vapers

  April 15, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  JUUL Labs has agreed to pay $22.5 million and participate in extremely stringent measures to prevent underage use as part of a JUUL settlement agreement with Washington state.

• Washington State AG Filed Lawsuit Over JUUL Advertising Toward Children

  September 4, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Washington's attorney general filed a lawsuit against JUUL claiming its vaping products were intentionally and illegally aimed at fostering a new generation of underage nicotine addicts.

• Firefighter Foam Water Contamination Lawsuit Filed By Washington State Utility

  July 27, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A water district in Washington has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and chemical manufacturers over contamination of local drinking water supplies by toxic chemicals from firefighting foam used on a nearby military base.

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over 3M Safety Harness Failure

  February 17, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  3M Company faces a wrongful death lawsuit over the failure of a Nano-Lok Self-Retracting Lifeline which led to the death of a construction worker in Seattle in 2018.

• J&J Reaches $10M Vaginal Mesh Settlement With Washington State

  April 23, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Johnson & Johnson has reached a $9.9 million settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Washington claiming it endangered women by failing to warn about the risks of vaginal mesh products.

• Federal Government May Take Action To Reduce Vaccine Exemptions Amid Measles Outbreak

  February 25, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The government may step in if states continue to allow too many vaccination exemptions, which is believed to be causing a growing number of measles cases, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warns.

• Sexual Assault Lawsuit Alleges Football Players Protected By High School

  October 29, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed against a Washington state school district claims the district did nothing to protect a sexual assault victim from bullying, even after her home was firebombed.