Washington To Pay $11 Million In Foster Home Abuse Case

December 14, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

The state of Washington will pay $11 million in a case filed by six people who claimed they were abused by their foster parents.

The settlement, announced Tuesday, resolves a lawsuit against the Department of Social and Health Services and 21 social workers filed in August 2011. The suit the children were sexually and physically abused over a period of years while they resided in the Tacoma foster home of Jose and Juanita Miranda, who are both now deceased.

According to the lawsuit, DSHS approved Juanita Miranda as a foster parent despite a long history of drug use and criminal violations. An investigation began in 2005 after Jose Miranda confessed to a nurse while he was hospitalized. Jose Miranda was charged in 2007 with three counts of first-degree child rape, two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of third-degree assault of a child.

The lawsuit had been scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court early next year.

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Aon Hewitt Appoints Federal Client Manager in Washington, D.C.

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Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting business of Aon plc, appointed Robert Buggs as federal client manager, supporting federal practice work in human capital and employee engagement.


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Washington Insurance Commish Kreidler Going for 4th Term

April 12, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said he’s seeking a fourth term in office.

The Democrat officially kicked off his campaign on Wednesday and began collecting campaign funds, something that by Washington law he could not do until Legislature was finished for the session earlier this week.

So far only one other candidate, Martin Reilly, a Republican, has made known an official bid for election to the office.

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