The purpose of the Davis Law Group blog is to identify, address, and discuss the legal issues and challenges that affect victims of personal injury in Washington state. We aim to provide accident victims, their loved ones, and the general public with helpful information about their legal rights and how we can help.
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DSHS Pays $900,000 After Abuse Claims on Elderly Psychiatric Patient The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) will pay $900,000 to the estate of an elderly woman who was neglected and abused as a psychiatric patient at Western State Hospital. -
Washington State To Pay Record Settlement For Child Abuse Case A child who suffered life-changing injuries and trauma due to alleged failures by Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) will receive a record-setting $19.3 million settlement. -
State Agrees to Pay $367,500 in DSHS Child Abuse Lawsuit The Seattle Times announced on Friday that Washington state officials have agreed to pay a settlement of $367,500 to a 23-year-old woman who filed a lawsuit against the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) alleging that the agency ignored over a decade of reported child abuse. -
State DSHS Will Pay $8 Million to Settle Child Abuse Lawsuit Washington state DSHS agreed to settle a 2012 lawsuit alleging the agency failed to act on 17 reported tips of possible child abuse. Maria Gonzales Esquivel was -
$54 Million Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Abused, Starved Children The Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is the target of a $54 million child abuse lawsuit filed on behalf of 5 children from Vancouver -
DSHS Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $3 Million The Washington State Department of Social and Human Services (DSHS) recently agreed to settle a sexual abuse lawsuit brought forward by a teen who alleged she was raped by a male counselor at a state-run psychiatric hospital for kids. -
State Agrees to $3 Million Settlement in Sexual Abuse Case Washington state recently agreed to a $3 million settlement pertaining to a sexual abuse lawsuit filed on behalf of two sisters who were repeatedly abused by their grandfather -
Wrongful Death Claim Filed against Washington DSHS in Powell Case The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is the target of a wrongful death claim in relation to the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell -
Washington State Pays $470,000 To Settle Sexual Assault Lawsuit The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has paid a family an excess of $470,000 after the state placed a foster child who repeatedly sexually abused their daughter with the family in 2006. -
Child Death, Abuse Trends Continue for Washington State Though there are a number of protocols designed to protect children in the event they are under the care of the state, children are still dying and being abused -
Resources for Injured Kids: Local & State Assistance Programs Children have access to benefits through Washington’s Department of Social & Health Services, a state agency that administers many public benefits and programs.