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About Colleen Durkin Peterson
Colleen Durkin Peterson represents patients who have experienced medical negligence, vulnerable adults injured in nursing homes, and victims of toxic tort exposure. Her clients have suffered permanent injuries, chronic pain, and life-altering consequences from preventable harm. She holds leadership roles in the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), where she has served as President, and on the Gonzaga Law School Board of Advisors. Colleen graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2012 and earned her undergraduate degree from Loyola University Chicago. She has obtained verdicts of $100 million, $165 million, and $72 million against Monsanto in PCB exposure cases involving Sky Valley Education Center employees.
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A King County jury awarded $857 million in December 2023 to seven people, five former students and two parent volunteers, who said they were sickened by PCBs leaking from light fixtures at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington. The verdict included $73 million in compensatory damages and $784 million in punitive damages against Monsanto and its successor Pharmacia. In April 2024 a King County judge cut the punitive award to $365 million under Missouri's statutory cap on punitive damages, reducing the total to $438 million. Monsanto appealed, and Bayer said in February 2026 that Monsanto had settled the remaining Sky Valley jury verdicts on confidential terms, so what was ultimately paid is not public.
A King County jury awarded $275 million to thirteen Sky Valley Education Center students and families who suffered neurological injuries from PCB-contaminated light fixtures manufactured by Monsanto.
A King County jury awarded three Monroe, Washington teachers $185 million after finding that PCBs manufactured by Monsanto leached from fluorescent light ballasts at their school and caused permanent neurological injuries.
A Clark County jury awarded retired Air Force veteran Michael Washington and his wife Josephine $104 million after finding that propofol manufacturers Teva Parenteral Medicines and Baxter Healthcare knowingly supplied oversized anesthetic vials that clinics routinely reused, spreading hepatitis C to patients.
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