Lawyers proved in court that Oregon's Department of Human Services failed to protect children who were formerly in foster care, and now the department is paying for its negligence. Representatives for a boy, now 10 years old, were successful in the civil suit against...
Civil Litigation
Guardian sues school districts for teacher’s sexual abuse
The guardian of a 15-year-old girl has introduced litigation against two Oregon school districts for failing to keep the student safe from a teacher now convicted of sexual abuse. The civil suit targets both the Eugene and Springfield school districts and is asking...
Doctor sues journalist over Twitter and blog post
The world of civil litigation has gone high tech. The first lawsuit of its kind in Oregon; a medical spa doctor from Tigard, Oregon is suing a blogger from Portland, Oregon, claiming one of her Twitter and blog posts defamed him and his practice. The doctor is seeking...
Oregon woman sues business after tanning bed incident
A casual spa visit for one Oregon woman turned into a heated nightmare that she says left her with personal injuries. The woman is in the midst of civil litigation against an Oregon company that she says acted negligently. The woman was at the Northeast Portland...
Couple sues medical professionals for delayed diagnosis
An Oregon couple has introduced civil litigation against a number of health professionals for failing to diagnose their son with a serious illness. It was not the son, the middle of three, was 7 years old that doctors finally uncovered the fact he suffered from...
More litigation ties up retired priest and Oregon diocese
A 34-year-old man from Oregon is the latest individual to introduce civil litigation against a retired Catholic priest, claiming that he molested him and a number of others as boys many years ago. The man is seeking $3 million to compensate for a long period of pain,...
Prune juice explosion knocks man off his feet, causes black eyes
A rather odd and seemingly unlikely event has an 83-year-old retired man filing a personal injury civil suit against a number of companies. The man entered the lawsuit in the United State District Court in Medford, Oregon after a bottle of prune juice, contained in a...
Del Monte threatens to sue Oregon health authorities
A Florida-based fruit company is targeting health officials in Oregon after what it considered to be a hasty and unfounded investigation accusing the company of being responsible for an outbreak of salmonella. Oregon Public Health investigates a number of food-borne...
