Multnomah County's dispute with the construction firm that renovated part of a Portland bridge will not be heard in court for almost a year following a judge's decision to schedule a trial for September 15, 2014. The Oregon county hopes civil litigation will help it...
Year: 2013
Predator killing lawsuit mirrors 2010 Oregon case
A rejected lawsuit aimed at stopping a federal program designed to terminate predators that kill livestock will see new life after the wildlife conservation group behind the claim appealed to the U.S. District Court decision that saw the case thrown out. The suit has...
Portland Airport sued after rejecting advertisement
Portland International Airport and its manager, the Port of Portland, face a lawsuit after rejecting an anti-logging advertisement deemed to be political in nature. The American Civil Liberties Union backed several Oregon environmental conservation organizations in...
Oregon hospital’s negligence payment could be limited to $3M
The Oregon Health and Science University Hospital could escape most of a court-ordered $12 million payment to a patient's family because of a state law that limits how much money judges can order publicly-funded entities to pay to plaintiffs who pursue civil...
Woman sues Oregon School for the Deaf over reported sex abuse
The Oregon School for the Deaf is the target of a lawsuit alleging that a male student sexually abused a younger female student while the two were in the school's care. The woman who filed the claim, the student's mother, contends that school staff, employees with the...
Federal appeals court rules against northwestern oyster farm
An oyster farm in the northwestern United States will not be receiving a new lease that allows it to operate in the Point Reyes National Seashore, located about 300 miles from the Oregon border. The three-judge panel of a federal appeals court sided with former...
Court sides with ACLU in Oregon no-fly list lawsuit
A U.S. District judge in Oregon shot down the government's argument that individuals who have been placed on the no-fly list maintain all their rights and can travel by other means, instead siding with the American Civil Liberties Union and the 13 individuals it...
Northwestern Jesus statue dispute heads to Federal Appeals Court
A group known as the Freedom From Religion Foundation will contest a religious statue they say does not belong on public ground. A U.S. District judge approved a 10-year permit allowing the statue's owners to continue maintaining it at its current site, located atop a...
U.S. Labor Department faces lawsuit from Oregon farms
A recent lawsuit targeting the U.S. Department of Labor claims the government agency wrongfully coerced two Oregon blueberry producers into signing unfair wage settlements, also failing to grant them their right to due process. The farms said they were effectively...
Oregon wind farm noise lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages/1
An Oregon man is suing an out-of-state energy firm for over $5 million in damages after he claims he was forced to move out of his home due to constant audible noise and inaudible infrasound produced by a number of wind turbines the defendant installed near his home....