Case Results
Experienced Trial Lawyers
Patrick H. LePley’s practice has been primarily limited to handling matters on behalf of plaintiffs, policyholders, and injured claimants.
Civil Matters Tried
200+
Superior Court or Federal Court level
Settlement Verdicts
$1,000,000+
As Lead Counsel or Co-Counsel
Served on cases
100+
As Arbitrator/ Mediator
Claims & Appeals
500+
Worker’s Compensation
Appellate Court Decisions
Patrick LePley served as Attorney of Record on important appellate court decisions in Washington State.
Husfloen
v. MTA Construction
Extended workplace safety enforcement responsibility to subcontractors with exclusive control over a portion of the workplace.
Mahler v. State Farm Mutual Insurance
Required insurance carriers to pay insureds’ litigation expenses incurred when the insured was responsible for recovery of the insurance carriers subrogation interest.
Winters v. State Farm Mutual Insurance
Extended the decision in Mahler, requiring insurance carriers to pay insureds’ litigation expenses incurred when at least part of the common fund created by a recovery on behalf of the claimant involved proceeds from both the tortfeasor’s insurance carrier, as well as the claimant’s own underinsured carrier.
Representative Cases
- Fraternal Order of Eagles, Cle Elum, Aerie No. 649 v. General Acc. Ins. Co. of America, 792 P.2d 178, 1990, Wash.App. Div. 3, 1990094057
- O’Rourke v. Department of Labor and Industries of State of Wash., 788 P.2d 17, 1990, Wash.App. Div. 1, 1990054914
- Husfloen v. MTA Const., Inc., 794 P.2d 859, 1990, Wash.App. Div. 1, 1990116406
- Romanick v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 795 P.2d 728, 1990, Wash.App. Div. 1, 1990125429
- Winters v. State Farm, 31 P.3d 1164, 2002, Washington State Supreme Court, 2001838122
- Mahler v. Szucs, 957 P.2d 632, 1998, Washington State Supreme Court, 1998119271