All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2018 // The family of an Oregon man killed when a cannon shell exploded in his World War II-era tank has filed a $12.8 million lawsuit.Steve Preston’s family is suing Chuck Hegele, the contractor who supplied powder for the...
Nov 5 2018 // Two employees who were assigned to assist special needs students in the classroom have filed a $900,000 lawsuit against Portland Public Schools, claiming the district ignored pleas for help as violent students repeatedly...
Nov 1 2018 // The insurance provider for Columbia County, Ore. will pay $251,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former inmate who claimed jail deputies turned their police dog on him in retaliation for calling one of them a disparaging...
Oct 29 2018 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Josephine County against the state of Oregon over legalized marijuana.The Daily Courier reported that U.S. District Judge Michael McShane earlier this week signed a formal...
Oct 22 2018 // An Oregon woman is suing Bank of America, claiming a Hillsboro branch transferred $13,000 from her account to scammers.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Rebekah Adams filed the lawsuit last week, claiming a teller failed...
Oct 22 2018 // A Portland, Ore. cremation worker who says she was sexually harassed and fired after reporting she sustained a back injury when a heavy corpse fell on her has filed a lawsuit seeking $900,000.The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Oct 16 2018 // Workers’ compensation premium rates fell considerably nationwide, while California continued to see among the worst rates in the nation, according to a new study out from the Oregon Department of Consumer and...
Oct 12 2018 // New data shows the cost of fighting wildfires in Oregon reached an all-time high $514.6 million in 2018.According to data from Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, Oregon’s costs skyrocketed past last...
Oct 11 2018 // A Fred Meyer customer in Clackamas, Ore. who says she was caught on store video while half-naked in a dressing room has filed a $300,000 lawsuit.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Carlee Gish filed the lawsuit against the...
Oct 11 2018 // A Portland, Ore. woman who says debt collectors keep showing up at her door looking for someone she swears she doesn’t know has filed a $400,000 lawsuit to make them stop.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Caitlin...
Oct 1 2018 // The number of people killed in fatal crashes in Oregon has gone up by 13 percent from last year.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the total number of deaths on city streets, freeways and county highways was driven up...
Sep 28 2018 // The family of an 86-year-old woman who died following a fall is suing a nursing home for $1.27 million.The Statesman-Journal reported the wrongful death lawsuit, filed this week in Marion County Circuit Court, accuses the...
Sep 26 2018 // A Portland, Ore. rental management company has agreed to pay $105,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an ex-tenant who claimed she endured deplorable living conditions.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the settlement came...
Sep 25 2018 // The number of people killed in fatal crashes in Oregon has gone up by 13 percent from last year.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the total number of deaths on city streets, freeways and county highways was driven up...
Sep 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied, but didn’t outright say, something defamatory.The issue arose in a...
Sep 21 2018 // Portland, Ore.-based Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker Insurance agency has named Heather Beelar the firm’s marketing manager. The new position will include identifying and analyzing market trends, and creating...
Sep 19 2018 // A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported in doing so, Washington County Pro...
Sep 17 2018 // Oregon’s attorney general has sued the pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, saying it misrepresented the risks and benefits of the drug and lied to a state regulatory agency to maximize profits.A spokesman at...
Sep 14 2018 // The board of directors of the SAIF, the not-for-profit company providing workers’ comp insurance in Oregon, declared two dividends for customers: a $120 million primary dividend to be paid to SAIF’s...
Sep 11 2018 // Oregon employers next year will pay an average of $1.12 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance, down from $1.23 in 2018, under a proposal by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business...