Washington Court Upholds Authority to Pursue Charges in Workplace Death
Washington Court Upholds Authority to Pursue Charges in Workplace Death February 24, 2021 The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that an employer can be charged with a felony in connection with a workplace fatality. The recent decision clears the way for the King County Prosecutor to move forward with second-degree manslaughter charges against Phillip Numrich, owner of the now closed Alki Construction Co. in West Seattle. One of Numrich’s employees, 36-year-old Harold Felton, was killed during a worksite trench collapse in 2016. Felton was working a...
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