Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Residents Sue Oregon Glass Company over Pollution Concerns
Mar 8 2016 // Seven Portland, Ore. residents are filing a class-action lawsuit against a city glass manufacturer over pollution concerns. The Oregonian reported that the suit claims Bullseye Glass was negligent and reckless in burning...
Woman Sues Oregon Hospital over Undiagnosed Heart Condition
Mar 3 2016 // A Bend, Ore. woman who suffered a heart attack at 46 is accusing two Bend Memorial Clinic of failing to recognize her heart problem. The Bulletin reported that Shelley Harding and her husband, Brent Harding, are seeking...
Propel Insurance Acquires United Risk Solutions in Oregon
Feb 17 2016 // Propel Insurance has acquired Medford, Ore.-based United Risk Solutions. United Risk specializes in complex accounts, including the timber and trucking industries, commercial insurance, workers’ compensation,...
Rural Oregon Area Suspends Fire Service Due to Insurance Lapse
Feb 16 2016 // The Lakeside Rural Fire Protection District in Oregon has suspended emergency operations because of a lapse in its insurance policy. Acting fire district chairman Ralph Dotson tells The World newspaper of Coos Bay that the...
Rural Oregon Fire Service Suspended Due to Insurance Lapse
Feb 10 2016 // The Lakeside Rural Fire Protection District in Oregon has suspended emergency operations because of a lapse in its insurance policy. Acting fire district chairman Ralph Dotson tells The World newspaper of Coos Bay that the...
Suspension of Insurance Carrier Lifted in Alaska, Oregon
Feb 9 2016 // Insurance regulators in Alaska and Oregon announced that a company that had been suspended from offering health insurance policies in the states over concerns with its financial condition will be allowed to resume that...
Oregon University Seeks Dismissal of Former Basketball Player’s Lawsuit
Feb 1 2016 // The University of Oregon has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former basketball player who claims the school damaged his prospects of playing in the NBA. Brandon Austin was one of three UO basketball...
Hot, Wet Air May Cause Southwestern Oregon Flooding
Jan 28 2016 // The National Weather Service says warm, moist air from the jet stream could cause flooding in southwestern Oregon. The Mail Tribune reported that meteorologist Charles Smith of the NWS Medford office says the weather...
Oregon Resident Files Class Action Against DraftKings, FanDuel
Jan 28 2016 // An Oregon resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against two daily fantasy sports sites, claiming the businesses are operating illegal online sports betting. The Oregonian reported that Polk County resident Brandon Peck...
Oregon Wife Files $7.9M Suit After Husband Crushed by Dump Truck
Jan 11 2016 // A Medford, Ore., woman has filed a lawsuit against two construction companies after her husband was crushed to death by a dump truck in a construction area on Interstate 5 near Cottage Grove. Karee Battenfield filed a $7.9...
Oregon Woman Struck by Car Files Suit over Designer Clothes
Jan 11 2016 // A Portland, Ore. woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time, on top of the cost of her medical bills. Susan Layne sued in...
Oregon Woman Stuck by Car Files Suit over Designer Clothes
Dec 29 2015 // A Portland, Ore. woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time, on top of the cost of her medical bills. The Oregonian reported that...
Widow of Oregon Man Killed In SUV-Train Crash Files Suit Against Union Pacific
Dec 28 2015 // The wife of one of two people killed when a freight train struck an SUV at a rural crossing in Oregon seeks $2.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific and several workers. The suit alleges there were...
Landslide Hits Central Oregon Coast Home and Kills Woman
Dec 21 2015 // A 70-year-old woman died and her husband suffered injuries when a landslide struck their vacation home on the central Oregon coast. Officials say Dolores Miller died when the landslide struck the home near Florence at...
Oregon Wife Files $7.9M Suit After Husband Crushed by Dump Truck
Dec 21 2015 // A Medford, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit against two construction companies after he husband was crushed to death by a dump truck in a construction area on Interstate 5 near Cottage Grove. The Mail Tribune reported that...
Oregon High Court Says Cab Company Workers Aren’t Independent Contractors
Dec 14 2015 // The Oregon Supreme Court ruled last week that a Portland taxicab company must pay unemployment insurance taxes for certain drivers because they were improperly classified as independent contractors. The case comes amid...
Fire-Damaged Oregon Forests Vulnerable to Landslides: Scientists
Dec 10 2015 // Scientists say the fire-damaged forests are more susceptible to landslides, and another week of rain and snow could heighten that risk for eastern Oregon. The East Oregonian reported that wildfires have stripped away...
New Rules to Govern Taxis, Uber, Lyft Approved by Oregon City
Dec 8 2015 // Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft should continue to operating in Portland, Ore. after the City Council approved a new set of rules to govern taxis. The Oregonian reported that the council voted last week to allow...
Red Shield Names Tufts Underwriting Department Manager in Oregon
Dec 8 2015 // Red Shield Insurance Co. has named Kevin Tufts an underwriting department manager in Portland, Ore. Tufts has 21 years of experience in commercial lines underwriting. He started his insurance career as a workers’...
Volunteer Beaten at Oregon Women’s Shelter Seeks $675K
Dec 7 2015 // A volunteer seeks $675,000 in a lawsuit against the Gospel Rescue Mission of Grants Pass, Ore., alleging it failed to protect her from an enraged man whose wife and daughter were at a women’s shelter. The lawsuit and...
