Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Transportation Needs Include Preparing for Earthquake Damage
May 25 2016 // A major fault off the Oregon Coast is expected to produce an earthquake, and transportation officials say preparing for that event needs to be a top priority. The Medford Mail Tribune reported a Cascadia Subduction Zone...
Oregon Hospital Settles for $13M in Botched Water-Birth Suit
May 23 2016 // The parents of a newborn boy deprived of oxygen during a bungled water birth attempt have settled a lawsuit against a Portland, Ore. hospital for $13 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the settlement with the...
Damages from Lawsuits Against State Limited by Oregon Supreme Court
May 23 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...
Top Court Rejects Philip Morris Appeal of Oregon Ruling in Smoker’s Death
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Philip Morris USA’s challenge to a $25 million Oregon jury verdict in favor of a man whose wife died of a lung cancer-related brain tumor after smoking the...
Oregon Man Says Wells Fargo Axed Him after Whistleblowing
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...
Palomar Specialty Expands Residential Earthquake Product to Oregon, Washington
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...
Damages from Lawsuits Against State Limited by Oregon Supreme Court
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...
Proposed Restrictions Building in Oregon’s Flood Plains
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...
Oregon Women Sue Kaiser Over Ex-Nurse Facing Sex Abuse Charges
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...
Proposed Restrictions Building in Oregon’s Flood Plains
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...
Oregon Considers Renewal of Lloyd’s Wildfire Insurance Policy
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...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Prosser Northwest Benefits Practice Leader
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...
Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon Office Undergoes Leadership Transition
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...
Oregon Considers Renewal of Lloyd’s Wildfire Insurance Policy
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...
Alliant Names Lewis Vice President in Oregon
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...
Oregon PGE Sues Backers of Construction Bond for $180M over Shoddy Work
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...
Oregon Ice Cream Company Pays $55K Fine in EPA Settlement
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...
Oregon Woman Files $1M Suit Nursing Home Death of Father
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...
Oregon Man Suing Over ‘Dangerous’ Llama
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...
Oregon Woman’s $1M Suit Claims Massage Was Assault
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...
