Latest Oregon Headlines

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$700 Million Lawsuit In Oregon Bus Crash

Dec 27 2013 // A British Columbia lawyer representing 12 victims from the 2012 charter bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton filed a lawsuit Monday at the Umatilla County Courthouse seeking $700 million. The East Oregonian reported...

FTC Allows Fidelity National Acquisition of Lender Processing Firm

Dec 27 2013 // Fidelity National Financial Inc., the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services Inc.The Federal Trade Commission cleared the deal...

Oregon Gay Bullying Lawsuit Settled for $5,000

Dec 24 2013 // 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 Eugene Register-Guard...

Oregon City Sued For $2 Million Over Police Shooting

Dec 6 2013 // The family of an 18-year-old who was shot and killed after brandishing a knife at two Medford, Ore. police officers has filed a $2 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.Family members called police in January...

Oregon Murder-Suicide Lawsuit Blames Chantix Prescriber

Dec 2 2013 // A Eugene, Ore. woman whose husband killed the couple’s son and himself has sued the dentist who prescribed her husband a nicotine-cessation drug and the hospital that determined he was not a danger to himself or...

Oregon Lawsuit: Patients Tested For HIV Without Consent

Dec 2 2013 // Two Oregon residents have sued a health care provider that screened them for HIV without their permission.The Oregonian reported the plaintiffs are asking the judge to approve the suit as a class action, to include the...

Oregon Court Tosses Right to Farm Challenge

Dec 2 2013 // The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to Oregon’s Right to Farm law, but parties to the case say the question isn’t resolved. The Right to Farm law protects farmers from lawsuits...

Jury Awards $100,000 in Oregon Malpractice Suit

Dec 2 2013 // An Oregon gynecologist who removed a patient’s healthy ovary and left a piece of plastic in her body after a 2007 robotic surgery has been ordered to pay more than $100,000.U.S. District Court jurors convicted Dr....

RiskPoint in Oregon names Schellenberg Managing Principal

Nov 21 2013 // Portland, Ore.-based RiskPoint Insurance Advisors LLC named Blake Schellenberg managing principal.Schellenberg becomes one of four managing principals for RiskPoint. He has experience in insurance, and in several other...

Oregon Court Tosses Right to Farm Challenge

Nov 20 2013 // The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to Oregon’s Right to Farm law, but parties to the case say the question isn’t resolved.The Capital Press agricultural publication reported the...

Jury Awards $100,000 In Oregon Malpractice Suit

Nov 18 2013 // An Oregon gynecologist who removed a patient’s healthy ovary and left a piece of plastic in her body after a 2007 robotic surgery has been ordered to pay more than $100,000.The Mail Tribune newspaper reported that...

Oregon Toddler’s Family Sues Complex Over Abuse

Nov 14 2013 // Attorneys representing the family of a 3-year-old girl have filed a multi-million lawsuit against the owners and managers of a suburban Portland apartment complex, alleging they failed to protect the child from an abusive...

Oregon Jurors Order Hospital to Pay $2.4 Million

Nov 4 2013 // Jurors in October ordered a Columbia Gorge hospital to pay $2.4 million in compensatory damages to three victims of an anesthesiologist now serving a 23-year sentence for sex abuse and rape.One woman was awarded $700,000,...

Oregonians to Vote on Immigrant Driver’s Licenses

Nov 4 2013 // Oregonians are headed for a statewide vote on a new law that allows immigrants who can’t show they’re in the United States legally to obtain driver’s licenses.Secretary of State Kate Brown’s office...

Oregon Mother Seeks $7.6M In Meatball Choking Death Lawsuit

Oct 31 2013 // The mother of a young Oregon girl who died after choking on a meatball at her preschool is seeking $7.6 million in a lawsuit against the suburban Portland school and its owner.The Oregonian reported that the lawsuit filed...

Oregon Jurors Order Hospital to Pay $2.4 Million

Oct 24 2013 // Jurors on Tuesday ordered a Columbia Gorge hospital to pay $2.4 million in compensatory damages to three victims of an anesthesiologist now serving a 23-year sentence for sex abuse and rape.One woman was awarded $700,000,...

Suit Disputes Oregon’s Claim in Malpractice Award

Oct 23 2013 // A former Eugene woman is trying to keep the state of Oregon from claiming more than $200,000 from a medical malpractice settlement she received after suffering a stroke at age 27 that left her with only limited use of her...

Oregonians to Vote On Immigrant Driver’s Licenses

Oct 21 2013 // Oregonians are headed for a statewide vote on a new law that allows immigrants who can’t show they’re in the United States legally to obtain driver’s licenses.Secretary of State Kate Brown’s office...

Administration Says 500K Americans Have Submitted Obamacare Applications

Oct 20 2013 // Almost 500,000 Americans have submitted applications for health insurance through the online exchanges being run by the federal government and 14 states, according to an Obama administration official.Consumer use of...

Oregon Man Injured In Dunes ATV Ride Files Suit

Oct 11 2013 // A man injured during an all-terrain vehicle ride in the Oregon dunes has sued a Eugene company, alleging it dug up a trail and did not warn riders of a sudden drop. Joseph Catania of Alturas, Calif., seeks $426,000 from...