All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2016 // A Damascus, Ore. man has filed a lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of firing him after he alerted them of issues in mortgage procedures.According to a lawsuit unsealed last week, Duke Tran said he complained that the...
May 13 2016 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co., in partnership with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. and TriCoast Insurance Services, LLC, has expanded its Value Select Residential Earthquake Insurance Program into Oregon and...
May 9 2016 // The Oregon Supreme Court voted 5-2 to uphold a $3 million cap on damages injured people can collect in lawsuits against the state or its employees.The case was brought by a Klamath Falls couple who sued OHSU after a...
May 2 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations.The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
Apr 27 2016 // Two Oregon women who claim they were sexually abused by a nurse at a Beaverton clinic have filed a $1 million lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente over claims of negligence. The Oregonian reported the suit filed this week...
Apr 18 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations.The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
Apr 18 2016 // Oregon is considering another year of insurance coverage to help pay for catastrophic wildfire seasons.British insurance giant Lloyd’s is offering the state another year of coverage despite three consecutive years of...
Apr 14 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Kathy Prosser Northwest benefits practice leader in its Oregon office. Prosser will co-lead the office with Brett Bauer, the firm’s Oregon practice leader. She was previously vice...
Apr 11 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. on Monday announced leadership changes in its Portland, Ore. office.Mike Bennison will transition his office leadership role to Brett Bauer and Kathy Prosser, who together will co-lead the office....
Apr 8 2016 // Oregon is considering another year of insurance coverage to help pay for catastrophic wildfire seasons.British insurance giant Lloyd’s is offering the state another year of coverage despite three consecutive years of...
Apr 5 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Andy Lewis vice president within its energy and marine group. Lewis will be based in Portland, Ore. Lewis’ experience includes tug and barge, marine construction, pilot...
Mar 31 2016 // A Portland, Ore.-based electricity provider that fired the contractor building its natural gas plant in Boardman is suing the backers of a bond guaranteeing construction.The East Oregonian reported Portland General...
Mar 31 2016 // The Oregon Ice Cream Co. has agreed to pay $55,000 for violating federal safety rules at its Eugene plant. In 2011, Environmental Protection Agency inspectors found that the company failed to meet industry safety standards...
Mar 22 2016 // A woman has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against a Florence, Ore. nursing home that cared for her 83-year-old father, claiming that it didn’t do enough to address health symptoms that led to his death. The...
Mar 21 2016 // An Oregon man is suing farm owners after he broke his leg in a confrontation with their llama.The Mail Tribune reported that 33-year-old Justin Stranberg is suing for $332,675, saying the owners of Holleywood Farm failed...
Mar 21 2016 // An Oregon woman who claims a massage she received last month was sexual battery has filed a $1 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court.KOIN-TV reports the complaint was filed last week. It says the woman received...
Mar 8 2016 // Seven Portland, Ore. residents are filing a class-action lawsuit against a city glass manufacturer over pollution concerns.The Oregonian reported that the suit claims Bullseye Glass was negligent and reckless in burning...
Mar 3 2016 // A Bend, Ore. woman who suffered a heart attack at 46 is accusing two Bend Memorial Clinic of failing to recognize her heart problem. The Bulletin reported that Shelley Harding and her husband, Brent Harding, are seeking...
Feb 17 2016 // Propel Insurance has acquired Medford, Ore.-based United Risk Solutions. United Risk specializes in complex accounts, including the timber and trucking industries, commercial insurance, workers’ compensation,...
Feb 16 2016 // The Lakeside Rural Fire Protection District in Oregon has suspended emergency operations because of a lapse in its insurance policy.Acting fire district chairman Ralph Dotson tells The World newspaper of Coos Bay that the...