The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge did not commit an abuse of discretion in using the amount of a truck driver’s workers’ compensation award as a benchmark for assessing the reasonableness of a stipulation to the damages that a third-party tortfeasor owed.
Case: Sykes v. Singh, No. 76009-2-I, 08/13/2018, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Brian Sykes suffered injuries in a 16-vehicle traffic accident on July 20, 2011.
According to the accident report by the Washington State Patrol, westbound traffic in the right lane of Interstate 90 was jammed up b...
Comments