Jail Suicide Settlements

Since 2017, we have brought and settled the following wrongful death cases against Washington state prisons and local jails:

• Rapp v. NaphCare, Inc. (W.D. Wash. 2026) (inmate suicide; $2.75 million)

• Howtopat v. Klickitat County (presuit 2024) (Yakama inmate suicide; $2 million)

• Lara v. Garfield County (presuit 2024) (inmate suicide; $2.5 million)

• Hufstetler v. Kittitas County (W.D. Wash. 2024) (inmate suicide; $950,000)

• Christie v. Washington State Department of Corrections (W.D. Wash. 2024) (inmate suicide; $950,000)

• Bender v. City of Forks (W.D. Wash. 2022) (Quileute inmate suicide; $1 million)

• Montgomery v. King County (W.D. Wash. 2021) (inmate suicide; $750,000)

• Anderson v. Whatcom County (W.D. Wash. 2021) (inmate suicide; $500,000)

• Bluehorse v. Washington State Department of Corrections (Spokane County Super. 2019) (Indigenous inmate suicide; $500,000)

• Dahl v. Mason County (W.D. Wash. 2018) (inmate suicide; $2.095 million)

• Johnson v. Mason County (W.D. Wash. 2017) (Skokomish inmate suicide; $1.245 million)