All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2014 // A skier injured when an allegedly drunken snowboarder collided with her has filed a $900,000 lawsuit against the snowboarder and Skibowl in Oregon.The suit from Maria Magdalena Stanila alleges the Mount Hood ski resort has...
Apr 4 2014 // Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 in legal fees to a former student to settle a lawsuit over the confiscation of distribution boxes for a conservative-leaning student newspaper.The Oregonian reported...
Mar 24 2014 // State workplace safety officials say 29 people died on the job in Oregon during 2013.The statistics released last week by the Department of Consumer and Business Services show a slight decrease from 2012’s figure of...
Mar 13 2014 // The state labor agency has sued a weekly Junction City newspaper over a rental ad that prohibited families with children.The Register-Guard reported the lawsuit filed against The Tribune News is seeking $59,500 in damages....
Mar 10 2014 // A man who says he broke two teeth when he bit into some mashed potatoes is suing at Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Portland, Ore. Roger Branstetter says there were bits of broken porcelain in the food in February 2012...
Mar 6 2014 // Two bills aimed at rectifying the problems at Cover Oregon and avoiding repeats in the future advanced in the Oregon Legislature, garnering overwhelming support despite warnings from critics that they will have little...
Feb 24 2014 // A woman seeks $600,000 in a slip-and-fall lawsuit filed against a Bend, Ore. hospital.The Bend Bulletin reported the lawsuit filed on behalf of Diana Jones alleges the hospital failed to warn of a slippery tile floor as...
Feb 24 2014 // Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Work First Casualty Co. named Brian Schumacher vice president of information services. Schumacher, who previously served as director of information services, will be responsible for spearheading...
Feb 24 2014 // Oregon’s emergency management agency may not be well equipped to recover from a major disaster because of a history of leadership problems and an incomplete plan to handle emergencies, according to an audit issued by...
Feb 20 2014 // A man who says he broke two teeth when he bit into some mashed potatoes is suing at Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Portland, Ore. Roger Branstetter says there were bits of broken porcelain in the food in February 2012...
Feb 18 2014 // Portland State University in Oregon will pay $161,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming it discriminated against disabled students who have service animals.Deaf student Cindy Leland and the Fair Housing Council of Oregon filed...
Feb 13 2014 // Matt Goughnour has joined Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. as vice president the firm’s Portland, Ore. office. Goughnour will focus on growing and servicing companies in the forest products industry. Goughnour has more than...
Feb 13 2014 // An Oregon construction company has been fined nearly $73,000 for repeatedly not protecting its employees from falls.The fine comes after the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Division cited Woodburn-based...
Feb 13 2014 // Airline pilots and federal officials are launching a campaign to warn the public about the dangers of pointing lasers into cockpits.Some pilots have been temporarily blinded by the powerful beams of light. According to...
Feb 12 2014 // Oregon’s emergency management agency may not be well equipped to recover from a major disaster because of a history of leadership problems and an incomplete plan to handle emergencies, according to an audit issued by...
Feb 1 2014 // An Oregon woman who won nearly $19 million in a lawsuit against Equifax over credit reporting mistakes saw the jury award cut to less than $2 million last week by a federal judge in Portland. Judge Anna J. Brown reduced...
Jan 21 2014 // The parents of a young boy are suing Oregon Health & Science University over a surgery that rendered the child’s testicles useless.The Oregonian reports that opening statements in the trial began last week in a...
Jan 13 2014 // Months after Carol Justice was wrongly told her home needs flood insurance, the Cornelius resident is still paying up – even though a surveyor has since determined her house is not in the flood zone.Justice is one of...
Jan 13 2014 // The Eugene School District has paid $5,000 to settle an Oregon lawsuit that accused it of failing to stop students at a middle school from bullying and harassing a boy they perceived as gay. The suit was filed in federal...
Jan 2 2014 // Months after Carol Justice was wrongly told her home needs flood insurance, the Cornelius resident is still paying up – even though a surveyor has since determined her house is not in the flood zone.Justice is one of...