About John Layman
John Layman grew up in a competitive family in Grays Harbor, Washington, with his father as a model trial lawyer who represented insurance companies. After watching his father express regret over a verdict against a deserving plaintiff, John decided to represent individuals rather than corporations. He earned his B.A. cum laude from Washington State University and his J.D. cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1983. He has served on the executive team at F&M Bank and the board of Banner Bank, and has held leadership roles with the New Hope Training Center, St. Luke's Rehabilitation Advisory Board, and the Eastern District of Washington BIAW. He joined Stritmatter Law through a merger with Layman Law in Spokane, where he handles auto collisions, medical negligence, products liability, brain injury, and insurance bad faith.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore
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A King County jury awarded $123 million to 40 plaintiffs after five international students were killed and dozens injured when a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle suffered a catastrophic axle fracture on Seattle's Aurora Bridge in 2015.
A Pierce County jury awarded $44.7 million to an EMT and volunteer firefighter left with permanent injuries after an SUV driver turned left through an uncontrolled intersection and into his path, a verdict Washington courts later upheld in full.
Washington state paid $28 million to a young woman left quadriplegic after her car struck an unguarded overpass pillar on I-5 near DuPont, where WSDOT had funding and a plan to install a protective barrier but never completed the work.
King County paid its largest personal injury settlement on record after a 38-year-old mother of two was mauled by two dogs the county had repeatedly been warned about but failed to remove.
Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore secured a $10 million settlement from the City of Seattle on behalf of more than 50 protesters who were struck by blast balls, tear gas, and other crowd-control weapons deployed by Seattle Police Department officers during the May and June 2020 George Floyd demonstrations.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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