Current Cases

The following list is updated periodically as new information becomes available.

• King County Public Defense Pension Case
  Dolan v King County
  Kevin Dolan is a lawyer paid through ACA to perform indigent defense services for King County. He is entitled to membership and benefits in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), but King County failed to report him and others to the Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) and failed to make retirement contributions to DRS.
• Non-Permanent State Employee Health Benefits
  Moore v Health Care Authority and State of Washington
  This class action is brought by state employees who work at least half-time on non-standard work schedules, but who do not receive health insurance. The class consists mainly of employees HCA categorizes as "career seasonal" and "nonpermanent" employees.
• Retirement Account Interest Calculations
  Probst v Washington State Department of Retirement Systems
  This lawsuit was brought in January 2005 when Jeffrey Probst, a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System ("PERS"), claimed that he and a class of similarly situated members were entitled to additional interest on their Accumulated Contributions upon transfer between or withdrawal from the State retirement plans.
• Trucker Overtime Pay
  Westberry v Interstate Distributor Co.
  The law firm of Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong has filed a class action lawsuit against Interstate Distributor Co., an international trucking company headquartered in Tacoma, alleging that it has unlawfully failed to pay overtime wages to its interstate drivers.