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An investigator hired by a property insurer that claims an HP laptop battery sparked a deadly apartment fire conceded on cross-examination Tuesday that, after hearing a contemporaneous police witness interview read at the Washington trial, he can't rule out the possibility that a resident set the blaze.

Counsel for a Washington hospital told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday it's not liable for warning nearly 3,000 patients to get tested for hepatitis C over an incident with an infected nurse, saying the patients weren't exposed to the nurse and case law requires actual exposure, not just fear of exposure.

A citizens group alleges that Weyerhaeuser Company is violating the Clean Water Act by illegally discharging oil, grease and other pollutants from a southeast Washington lumber mill that "foul the water" in a nearby river and bay, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Tacoma, Washington.

A Washington federal judge on Wednesday tossed a sex-trafficking survivor's complaint alleging hotel chain Extended Stay America Inc. "turned a blind eye" to illegal activity on its property, in an order that agreed with a judge in Oregon who dismissed related claims for similar reasons, including lack of jurisdiction.

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday rejected an effort by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released from jail to prepare for his trial in three weeks, ruling he was unpersuaded by the failed crypto boss's unsupported claims that he can't access electronically stored discovery while in a Brooklyn detention center.

The Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority has sued Pike Place Fish Market Inc., alleging the popular tenant in Seattle's historic downtown market is seeking to wrestle away the "Pike Place" trademark and use it to brand products sold in non-market stores, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in Seattle.

Counsel for pro wrestler Levis "No Way Jose" Valenzuela Jr. urged a Washington jury Tuesday during closing arguments to find Alaska Airlines violated a state anti-bias law when its flight attendant told the wrestler to use a restroom at the back of the plane, saying he didn't need to show whether the attendant "hated Black people" to prove a violation.

A former Alaska Airlines flight attendant told jurors Monday that he was "horrified" after realizing he'd failed to recognize pro wrestler Levis "No Way Jose" Valenzuela Jr. as a first-class passenger, rejecting claims that racial bias influenced his decision to tell Valenzuela to use the main cabin restroom.

Pro wrestler Levis "No Way Jose" Valenzuela Jr. asked jurors Thursday if they knew what "going to the back of something meant to a Black person," recounting from the witness stand how an Alaska Airlines flight attendant told him he couldn't use the first-class bathroom and had to use one at the back of the plane.

Counsel for pro wrestler Levis "No Way Jose" Valenzuela Jr. told a Washington jury during opening statements Wednesday that Alaska Airlines violated a state anti-discrimination law when a flight attendant told him he couldn't use the bathroom in first class, while the airline's attorney called it a simple mistake.