All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2020 // The daughter of a woman who died after contracting the coronavirus at a Portland long-term care facility filed a $1.8 million lawsuit Thursday claiming elder abuse.Angela Brown says her 75-year-old mother, Judith Jones,...
May 18 2020 // While the number of states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use continues to grow, the cultivation, sale, distribution and possession of marijuana remains illegal under the federal Controlled...
Apr 27 2020 // A $2.5 million wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Bend, Ore. restaurant says a man died of salmonella after eating tainted chicken enchilada meals.The lawsuit was filed this week in Deschutes County Circuit Court...
Apr 27 2020 // A magnitude-3.1 earthquake struck in southern Oregon near Ashland, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Just before 10 a.m. Friday, the quake rumbled about 10 miles southwest of Ashland at a depth of 1.6 miles, according...
Apr 24 2020 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has extended its emergency order on insurance deadlines.The order requires all insurance companies to extend grace periods for premium payments, postpone policy...
Apr 23 2020 // A woman who was sleeping on a Portland, Ore. sidewalk when she was run over by a truck operated by a homelessness nonprofit organization has filed a $450,000 lawsuit against the driver.Daphne Taylor is suing driver Warren...
Apr 23 2020 // The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry near Albany more than $70,000 for citations related to its mishandling of hazardous waste materials.A Selmet...
Apr 21 2020 // A Minnesota dentist, an Ohio bridal shop and a New York pizzeria are among six small businesses that are the latest to sue insurers seeking compensation for business interruption claims due to the coronavirus crisis.The...
Apr 20 2020 // Workers at a Portland, Ore. nursing home that has reported 14 coronavirus deaths failed to wash their hands, didn’t use protective masks properly and weren’t trained on how to control the spread of infection,...
Apr 13 2020 // Portland Public Schools in Oregon will pay $410,000 to a former employee who said she was fired for raising red flags over a lack of safety for seventh-graders working with dangerous equipment including band saws and nail...
Apr 8 2020 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says Oregon will receive federal help for flooding and storms that happened in February in the northeastern section of the state.Federal disaster assistance will supplement state,...
Apr 7 2020 // A man is suing the organizers of a 2018 Bend, Ore. horse show for serious injuries he says he suffered when high winds lifted the portable stall he and his horse were inside and threw them 40 feet.Jeffrey Ruthhardt filed a...
Mar 23 2020 // An Oregon Department of Corrections officer is suing the state, a former coworker and corrections officials for $7 million after he was attacked with a stun gun.The civil rights lawsuit filed last week on behalf of Michael...
Mar 23 2020 // A woman is suing a family entertainment center saying her hair got caught in a machine at the Southeast Portland center for 20 minutes.Ashreana Scott is suing CEC Entertainment, also known as Chuck E. Cheese family fun...
Mar 20 2020 // A former pharmacist is suing Central Oregon’s largest health care provider for $1.2 million saying the hospital maintained a hostile work environment that included gender discrimination and sexual harassment.Darcy...
Mar 9 2020 // The families of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day at a central Oregon ski area jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking $30 million.The lawsuit filed in late February in Deschutes County Circuit Court...
Mar 5 2020 // A woman is suing a family entertainment center saying her hair got caught in a machine at the Southeast Portland center for 20 minutes.Ashreana Scott is suing CEC Entertainment, also known as Chuck E. Cheese family fun...
Mar 5 2020 // A former tenant at an RV park south of Warrenton, Ore., has filed a lawsuit against the owner alleging negligence over living conditions in a trailer.Sandra Holloway moved into a “dry trailer” at Sunset Lake...
Mar 4 2020 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired the Portland, Ore.-based LifeBalance Program, adding the well-being discount program further it its employee benefits group’s products and services. The entire LifeBalance...
Mar 2 2020 // The families of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day at a central Oregon ski area jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking $30 million.The lawsuit filed Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court contends...