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About William Cummings
Bill Cummings represents policyholders in lawsuits against insurance companies and individuals and families injured by defective products or the negligent conduct of corporations. He is co-author with Richard Friedman of the book The Elements of Trial, published by Trial Guides. Bill graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1993, where he was Articles Editor of the Law Review and earned membership in the Order of the Coif.
He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University. From 1993 to 1994, he served as law clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Warren Matthews. Before joining Friedman Rubin, Bill was a partner at Ashburn & Mason in Anchorage, Alaska.
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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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