All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2013 // A trial has begun in The Dalles, Ore. in lawsuits brought by three victims of an anesthesiologist who sedated patients and colleagues and then sexually abused them.Three women are asking for $6 million each in suits naming...
Oct 3 2013 // A man who suffered an eye injury clearing trails as part of court-ordered community service has sued Polk County, Ore. saying it failed to provide proper tools and safety equipment. The Salem Statesman Journal reported the...
Oct 1 2013 // The family of a baby who sustained nerve injuries as a result of negligence by a Lane County medical practice should be able to collect the full $1.375 million in noneconomic damages awarded by a jury in 2008, the Oregon...
Sep 26 2013 // David Rix will rejoin Marsh as head of its Portland, Ore. office.The move is effective on Oct. 7. Rix will be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the office. Rix rejoins Marsh from Willis, where he...
Sep 23 2013 // It was early September and scientists were just back from a month-long research cruise in the Pacific Ocean off Washington, where they were trying to find the stickiest point on a section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone,...
Sep 23 2013 // When it comes to digital and social media marketing there’s a lot of white noise, with plenty of consultants, authorities, know-it-alls and bloggers on the popular topics.Amid a sea of advice on those topics, there...
Sep 23 2013 // A Eugene, Ore. dentist is being sued for $1.75 million for allegedly pulling the wrong teeth during dental surgery on a 4-year-old boy two years ago.The lawsuit claims dentist and dental surgeon Gerald Harper mistakenly...
Sep 12 2013 // Oregon health officials are considering whether to use the state’s authority to approve or reject health insurance premiums as a tool to drive down health care costs.The idea is one of several suggestions for...
Sep 12 2013 // A consumer group says Oregon needs to change its new medical malpractice law to prevent it from protecting bad doctors.Public Citizen says cases that are settled in mediation should be reported to a national database, just...
Sep 10 2013 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super-regional property/casualty...
Sep 10 2013 // When it comes to digital and social media marketing there’s a lot of white noise, with plenty of consultants, authorities, know-it-alls and bloggers on the popular topics.Amid a sea of advice on those topics, there...
Sep 5 2013 // Scientists are just back from a monthlong research cruise in the Pacific Ocean off Washington state, where they were trying to find the stickiest point on a section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the huge undersea fault...
Sep 4 2013 // A Eugene, Ore. dentist is being sued for $1.75 million for allegedly pulling the wrong teeth during dental surgery on a 4-year-old boy two years ago.The Register-Guard reported the lawsuit claims dentist and dental surgeon...
Sep 4 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Northwest business insurance operation announced an overall retrospective rating adjustment of more than $1.6 million for businesses participating in its Oregon Restaurant and Lodging...
Aug 21 2013 // Georgia is the most expensive state to operate a motor vehicle and Oregon is the cheapest, according to a Bankrate.com report that considers the costs of gasoline, insurance, repairs, taxes and fees.In Georgia, a typical...
Aug 16 2013 // The family of a Cottage Grove, Ore. woman who was killed by a drunken driver is suing the man and two restaurants that served him alcohol. In the suit filed in Lane County Circuit Court, the family of Theresa Grondona is...
Aug 14 2013 // A Portland, Ore.-area transit agency and its bus manufacturer have agreed to pay $4 million to five plaintiffs to resolve lawsuits filed after a TriMet bus hit a group of pedestrians in 2010, killing two and injuring three...
Aug 7 2013 // MAPFRE Insurance has expanded its DriveAdvisor Program to the state of Oregon. DriveAdvisor is a voluntary program that provides an auto insurance discount for customers who elect to use telematics technology to monitor...
Aug 7 2013 // Oregon insurance regulators say they’ve stopped moving to decertify a workers’ compensation self-insurance trust after the group increased its security deposit. The Department of Consumer and Business Services...
Aug 5 2013 // A federal appeals court says an Oregon longshoreman who got drunk on the job, urinated while standing on a dock and then fell 6 feet onto concrete should not get workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries.Gary...