Following a February 2022 dog-biting incident at a home with an alleged history of squatters and vagrants, King County has agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought against the county.

According to a press release from Stritmatter Law Senior Partner Gemma Zanowski, following a landmark decision from the court on July 22, 2025, a lawsuit was settled for $21.5 million that she and other attorneys filed against King County on behalf of a woman who was jogging in her neighborhood when two dogs from a home inhabited by squatters attacked her.

The home, allegedly inhabited by squatters at the time of the attack, was at 28905 45th Place South, an Auburn address in unincorporated King County near Federal Way and Auburn.

“On Feb. 22, 2022, the 38-year-old mother of two was on a jog

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