About Patricia Anderson

Patricia Anderson joined Luvera Law Firm in 1997 and has built a record of major verdicts and settlements in personal injury and wrongful death cases. In February 2020, she and David Beninger obtained a verdict of over $10 million against Amtrak for a passenger injured in the 2017 DuPont derailment. Together they also obtained the $150 million crane collapse verdict that included approximately $52 million for the Justad family.

In 2019, she assisted with two Amtrak trials resulting in verdicts of $9 million and $7.75 million. In 2018, she and co-counsel obtained a verdict of over $10 million against Genie Industries for injuries caused by a dangerously designed manlift. Other results include a $38.25 million verdict for a bicyclist hit by a valet driver

  • a $40 million settlement for ground victims of the KOMO helicopter crash
  • an $8 million jury verdict for a man hit in a crosswalk
  • a $12 million arbitration award for a police chief fatality
  • a $10.6 million arbitration award for a pedestrian struck by a semi-truck
  • and a $6 million settlement for an electrical brain injury

Anderson teaches trial advocacy at the Trial Lawyers College and Justice Advocacy Africa. She serves on the Amicus Foundation Board of WSAJ and is regularly recognized as a Best Lawyer in America, a Washington Super Lawyer, and a Top National Trial Lawyer. She graduated magna cum laude from Whitworth College and earned her J.D. with honors from Seattle University School of Law in 1987.

Proven verdicts and settlements

A King County jury returned a $150 million verdict against two crane subcontractors whose safety failures caused the April 2019 South Lake Union crane collapse, which killed four people and injured three others.

King County Superior Court, Seattle, WA · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Two men who suffered severe blast, burn, and traumatic brain injuries when a KOMO news helicopter fell onto their vehicles during morning rush hour in March 2014 received a $40 million settlement five weeks into trial.

King County Superior Court, Seattle, WA · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdict

A federal jury in Tacoma awarded more than $10 million to Donnell Linton, a Renton man who was physically ejected from Amtrak Cascades Train 501 when it derailed near DuPont on December 18, 2017, while he was traveling with his minor son.

U.S. District Court, Tacoma, WA · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Seattle University School of Law
J.D., 1987
Whitworth College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington, admitted 1987

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$16.67 million · King County's Largest Asbestos Verdict: $16.67 Million for Camas Paper Mill Worker's Family
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Dearie Law Group, P.S.
$130 million · Pierce County Jury Awards $130 Million Over Death of 2-Year-Old the State and Her Daycare Failed to Protect

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.