Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon SAIF Program Returns $2.5M to Participating Businesses
Jul 13 2016 // Oregon businesses that participate in the Associated General Contractors/SAIF Workers’ Compensation program will receive a $2.5 million retrospective return on their 2014-15 plan year premium, SAIF announced on...
Cyber Liability Expert Holmes Joins ID Experts in Oregon
Jul 13 2016 // Portland. Ore.-based ID Experts has named Kimberly Holmes senior vice president and counsel in cyber insurance, liability and emerging risks. Holmes will be responsible for overseeing cyber and insurance litigation...
Comcast Sued By Oregon Cyclist Clotheslined By Cable
Jul 11 2016 // An Oregon cyclist who was clotheslined by a cable cord suspended across a road is suing Comcast and Portland Disposal. Portland attorney, Mark Ginsberg told the Oregonian that his 64-year-old client Michael A. Horner was...
Mother of Oregon Child Strangled by Window Blinds Sues Apartment for $4M
Jun 27 2016 // The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died after being strangled by a window blinds cord in a Clackamas County, Ore. apartment has filed a $4 million lawsuit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Sahrye Imani Hardy had been...
Oregon Teen Disfigured During School Trip to Costa Rica Sues For $20M
Jun 24 2016 // An Oregon teenager who was disfigured during a school trip in Costa Rica has filed a $20.8 million lawsuit against his former high school. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Joseph Christopher Johnson filed the suit...
Map Shows Buildings That May Not Survive Quake in Oregon’s Largest City
Jun 20 2016 // Portland, Ore., officials have released a map and database showing about 1,800 unreinforced masonry buildings that may be vulnerable to shaking during an earthquake if they are not structurally retrofitted. These buildings...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Insurer Breached Contract: Judge
Jun 17 2016 // The Oregon Shakespeare Festival can go to trial or pursue a settlement under a judge’s ruling that an insurer should have covered damage and cancellations related to wildfire smoke. The Mail Tribune reported Judge...
Oregon Glass Company Sued by Woman with Lung Cancer
Jun 17 2016 // A 63-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against a Portland, Ore. glass company, saying it caused her terminal lung cancer. Valerie Silva filed the lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court. Documents say she lives in...
Oregon Homeonwers of Lot with Falling Tree Sued by Husband of Dead Woman
Jun 13 2016 // The husband of a Portland, Ore. woman killed when a tree slammed into their house has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the home next door. The lawsuit states that Dennis Elleson feared the Douglas fir...
Oregon Woman Settles Suit over Abuse by Insurance Agent Father
Jun 8 2016 // A Eugene, Ore. woman who sued her adopted parents after disclosing that her father sexually abused her has agreed to settle the civil case. The Register-Guard reports that according to documents filed in Lane County...
Oregon Jury Awards $8.75M in Asbestos Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // An Oregon jury has awarded $8.75 million to a 65-year-old man who has incurable cancer as a result of asbestos exposure in the 1970s. The Oregonian reported that David Hoff’s attorneys say the former construction...
Map Shows Buildings That May Not Survive Quake in Oregon’s Largest City
May 31 2016 // Portland, Ore. officials have released a map and database showing about 1,800 unreinforced masonry buildings that may be vulnerable to shaking during an earthquake if they are not structurally retrofitted. These buildings...
Oregon Church Sued for $5M for Alleged Unreported Abuse
May 26 2016 // A woman is suing a northwestern Oregon church over claims that its leaders kept quiet about reports from her daughter that she was being sexually abused by her father. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the $5 million...
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...
