All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2018 // National Wine Day is a thing. And it’s today.Oenophiles probably know that May 25 is Wine Day, but the annual celebration of fermented grapes might be news to those who only like, but don’t necessarily love,...
May 2 2018 // An instructor has filed a lawsuit against Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore. alleging the school wrongly fired him while he was on medical leave because of work-related stress.The Register-Guard reports Johnny...
Apr 24 2018 // An Oregon woman paralyzed from the waist down after an intoxicated friend’s vehicle crashed into a house has filed a lawsuit against six businesses that she says served alcohol to the driver before the accident...
Apr 16 2018 // The family of a central Oregon woman killed while on her bicycle has filed a $32.5 million wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of a pickup who has also been charged with manslaughter in connection with the...
Apr 16 2018 // This past January, adults in California could line up for the first time to legally buy marijuana for personal, nonmedical use. That is when the nation’s largest state joined seven other states and Washington, D.C.,...
Apr 13 2018 // An Oregon county is trying to crack down on illegal marijuana production by hiring two enforcement officers, and to limit new legal grows by considering a pause on the processing of applications to produce cannabis.The...
Apr 11 2018 // An Oregon woman has been awarded $315,000 after suing her friend’s parents over a fall from a zip line that was installed at their property.The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a Washington County jury last week awarded...
Mar 12 2018 // A 20-year-old man from Oregon has filed lawsuits against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart, alleging the two retailers discriminated against him when they refused to sell him a rifle this week because of his...
Mar 12 2018 // The insurance company for the central Oregon city of Bend will pay $800,000 in a settlement agreement with the family of a man shot and killed by a Bend police officer.The Bulletin reports that the city in the agreement...
Mar 5 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Hecht & Hecht’s property/casualty insurance services.The deal will bring Hecht & Hecth’s P/C insurance services under the Alliant...
Mar 5 2018 // Integro Insurance Brokers has named Jacquelyn Neal as a principal in the marine practice. Neal is based in the San Francisco, Calif., office.She will manage a book of existing marine clients and develop new cargo and...
Mar 2 2018 // Defendants in an $8.9 million lawsuit over an explosion and fire at an Oregon marijuana processor are trying to turn the tables on the worker who was badly burned in the blast. The Daily Astorian reported that the...
Feb 26 2018 // The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that the owner of a Eugene convenience store must continue to pay damages to a woman who was refused entry with her two service dogs.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the court...
Feb 19 2018 // Portland, Ore., is aiming to crackdown on toxic emissions by requiring developers to more thoroughly search for lead paint and asbestos before demolishing houses.The city council adopted rules that require those who seek...
Feb 19 2018 // An Oregon jury has declined to award any money to a 4-year-old boy who suffered profound brain damage after he contracted herpes from his mother at birth. Attorneys for Jonah Johnson had sought $46.5 million, saying...
Feb 19 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. Winston Martin...
Feb 15 2018 // The Oregon State Senate has confirmed Cameron Smith as director for the Department of Consumer and Business Services.Smith has served as acting director for the department since Gov. Kate Brown nominated him in December...
Feb 7 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Davidson Benefits Planning, headquartered in Tigard, Ore.Alera made the purchase along with the purchase of three other firms effective Feb. 1, bringing the total number of acquisitions since...
Feb 7 2018 // A Bend, Ore. woman has filed a $9 million wrongful death lawsuit against the St. Charles Health System after her daughter died following a difficult childbirth.The Bulletin reported that Grace Louise Marchant-Hubbs was...
Feb 7 2018 // The Eugene School District in Oregon has paid $24,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a parent whose child was attacked at school. Olga Telsheva sought $625,000 when the suit was filed last year. She alleged that officials...