A Landmark $30.5 Million-Dollar Verdict Against the City of Seattle for a Wrongful Death

Thank you.

Um, so Blue Angie was a very special dog.

Uh, everywhere he would go, he would, he would touch people.

In fact, I think he had something like a half a million followers on Facebook.

Um, I guess you could say Blue Angie got me my first high-profile case.

Tell us about that.

So it was around 2017, and there was a blast on national news.

There was a dog that was put in an overhead bin of a United Airlines flight, and the dog died.

And it was, it was being covered by the Today Show, uh, I think Good Morning America.

I mean, it was national news.

So my wife says, "Hey, you gotta get on a plane.

You gotta go to New York right now." And I said, [laughs] "I'm, I- I'm not going to New York.

I'm, I'm, I'm in the middle of a case." She said, "No, you gotta get on a plane, go to New York.

You gotta help this family." She was on a discussion group with other Frenchie owners.

Uh, so I, I did what you're supposed to do.

I listened to my wife.

I just got on a plane, and as I'm flying, I'm thinking, "Well, what, what's going on here?" I, I really didn't know why I was on the plane.

I just knew I had to go there and help this family out.

So I get on the plane and, and it becomes apparent to me that there was a gross injustice the way this dog was treated.

Uh, he was put in an overhead bin.

The family was essentially bullied.

A little girl was bullied to put the dog in the overhead bin, and, uh, the dog died.

Which is ridiculous.

It's ridiculous to put, like, e- electronics in there sometimes, let alone a, a living being.

Yeah, no.

Thank you.

Um, so Blue Angie was a very special dog.

Uh, everywhere he would go, he would, he would touch people.

In fact, I think he had something like a half a million followers on Facebook.

Um, I guess you could say Blue Angie got me my first high-profile case.

Tell us about that.

So it was around 2017, and there was a blast on national news.

There was a dog that was put in an overhead bin of a United Airlines flight, and the dog died.

And it was, it was being covered by the Today Show, uh, I think Good Morning America.

I mean, it was national news.

So my wife says, "Hey, you gotta get on a plane.

You gotta go to New York right now." And I said, [laughs] "I'm, I- I'm not going to New York.

I'm, I'm, I'm in the middle of a case." She said, "No, you gotta get on a plane, go to New York.

You gotta help this family." She was on a discussion group with other Frenchie owners.

Uh, so I, I did what you're supposed to do.

I listened to my wife.

I just got on a plane, and as I'm flying, I'm thinking, "Well, what, what's going on here?" I, I really didn't know why I was on the plane.

I just knew I had to go there and help this family out.

So I get on the plane and, and it becomes apparent to me that there was a gross injustice the way this dog was treated.

Uh, he was put in an overhead bin.

The family was essentially bullied.

A little girl was bullied to put the dog in the overhead bin, and, uh, the dog died.

Which is ridiculous.

It's ridiculous to put, like, e- electronics in there sometimes, let alone a, a living being.

Yeah, no.