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Deputy’s Carelessness Nets Couple $110,000 in Seattle Car Accident Settlement

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A Seattle couple has been awarded a combined $110,000 car accident settlement for the injuries they sustained during a 2002 crash with a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy. Michael Brooks was awarded $95,000 while his wife Maria settled separately for $15,000 in agreement that they drop their personal injury lawsuit seeking medical costs, pain and suffering, and other damages from the accident.

The couple was driving their Volvo near Gold Bar, Washington on July 1, 2002 when Sheriff’s Deputy Ed Covington responded to a nonemergency police call and made an abrupt turn across traffic from the eastbound lane into a private driveway in front of their vehicle. Covington did not turn on his emergency lights, and the Brooks never saw him before crashing into the department-owned Ford Expedition and spinning out. The Brooks successfully claimed that Covington failed to yield and was careless, and the Snohomish City Council unanimously agreed to the pay the settlement. Covington is still employed with the sheriff’s office.  

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