All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 13 2015 // A federal judge awarded Portland, Ore.-based Columbia Sportswear $3.3 million in its lawsuit against a company that allegedly supplied faulty components for Columbia’s electrically heated jackets.The Oregonian...
Mar 9 2015 // Three women who say they were sexually abused by a sixth-grade teacher 45 years ago have sued the Oregon school district that employed him.The federal lawsuit also lists the teacher as a defendant. The complaint says the...
Mar 5 2015 // An Oregon woman has sued a Portland hospital for $900,000, alleging that a brain tumor sample set aside for biopsy has been lost, leaving her uncertain about whether the tumor was cancerous. Catherine Stewart is seeking...
Mar 4 2015 // The family of a cleaning worker who was killed when he fell into a running industrial meat blender at an Oregon plant is suing the meat distributor for $5 million.The Oregonian reported that the lawsuit filed last week in...
Feb 23 2015 // The median index rate for workers’ compensation insurance fell to an all-time low in 2014 to $1.85 per $100 of payroll.Index rates in 2014 varied from a low of $0.88 in North Dakota to a high of $3.48 in California,...
Feb 23 2015 // While Uber may be a new kind of ride service, it should comply with the same rules as traditional taxi companies — and that means being licensed by the city, the Eugene City Council has decided.The council voted 8-0...
Feb 20 2015 // The Oregon Senate this week passed a climate change bill that was one of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s top legislative priorities.The approval in a 17-13 vote sent the measure to the state House. The bill would extend...
Feb 12 2015 // A gay man who sued when he was fired from his job at an Oregon adult bookstore has been awarded more than $76,000 in damages.Wilford Bearden was hired at Fantasyland II in Clackamas in April 2010 and fired three months...
Feb 11 2015 // The state House has approved a measure changing the way Oregon handles class-action lawsuits.Two Republicans joined all Democrats present in approving the measure 35-22 on Monday. The Republicans were Julie Parrish of West...
Feb 11 2015 // While Uber may be a new kind of ride service, it should comply with the same rules as traditional taxi companies – and that means being licensed by the city, the Eugene City Council has decided .The council voted 8-0 on...
Feb 9 2015 // A Coos County, Ore., man badly burned when he poured gasoline on a fire is suing Walmart, claiming the gas can he bought there was defective.Daniel Rowlett is seeking $13 million. He says Walmart sold him a plastic can...
Feb 3 2015 // Eugene, Ore. has granted Uber’s request for a delay in its appeal hearing.The Register-Guard reported the hearing had been set for Monday and a new date hasn’t been scheduled. Meanwhile, Uber and city officials...
Jan 27 2015 // A Coos County, Ore. man badly burned when he poured gasoline on a fire is suing Walmart, claiming the gas can he bought there was defective.The Register-Guard reported Daniel Rowlett is seeking $13 million. He says Walmart...
Jan 16 2015 // Eugene, Ore. fines against Uber now total $120,000 and are going up $2,000 a day that the ride-hailing business operates without a license. A lawyer for Uber says the license requirement does not apply because Uber does...
Jan 12 2015 // Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov.-elect Tom Wolf today appointed Teresa Miller to be the state’s insurance commissioner in his incoming administration.Miller is an attorney and former administrator of Oregon...
Jan 12 2015 // An Oregon man admits he was driving too fast on a rural highway in Nevada five years ago, but he says the state’s wheels of justice turn too slow, and his wallet is a grand lighter because of it.Robert Larsen of...
Jan 12 2015 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled a ski resort’s broad liability waiver cannot prevent a paralyzed snowboarder from suing.The justices ruled that the liability waiver was “unconscionable” and contrary to...
Dec 29 2014 // Oregon’s state geologist urged Oregon State University not to put a marine studies building in a tsunami zone south of Newport’s Yaquina Bay Bridge – or at least build it to withstand waves as high as 43...
Dec 29 2014 // A garbage collection business that serves the Eastern Oregon community of Pilot Rock has been ordered to pay the state more than $75,000 for not providing workers’ compensation insurance. Owner and operator Randee...
Dec 24 2014 // Studded tires are losing traction with Oregon drivers.The state Department of Transportation has released a report showing only 4 percent of registered vehicles in Oregon were equipped with studded tires in 2014....