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On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Jun 2, 2012 | Civil Litigation
An industry group representing truckers in Oregon is embroiled in a civil dispute with the state over a proposed increase in a fee charged to companies that employ truck drivers. The trucking association, as well as seven other groups, wants the state's departments of...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 27, 2012 | Civil Litigation
The family of a man who was beaten to death by police officers in Spokane, Washington, has settled a personal injury suit with the city for $1.67 million. The out-of-court settlement also stipulated that the city issue a public apology, name a park pavilion for the...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 19, 2012 | Civil Litigation
Two groups dedicated to preserving Oregon's environment are batting a developer in the courts over where to place a wind development project, supporting the concept but trying to block the planned location. The land-use litigation pits the Oregon Natural Desert...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 10, 2012 | Civil Litigation
Public institutions are obligated to facilitate students of all disabilities. Failing to do so essentially breeds unequal treatment and opportunity and has been the center of many civil litigation in the past. Just recently, in Oregon, a deaf student teamed with the...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 7, 2012 | Business & Commercial Litigation
An employment dispute at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant location in Oregon has sprouted civil litigation between a former manager and the store. The man, who used to serve as a manager at the restaurant's location, said that the owner fired him when he stood his...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 30, 2012 | Civil Litigation
The families two of slain victims -- along with three survivors -- recently brought forth civil litigation against a transit agency whose employee mowed pedestrians down in a bus in 2010. The five pedestrians were struck in April 2010 within the Old Town area of...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 26, 2012 | Civil Appeals
Normally immune from any extenuating legal battles that may be elicited while on the Capitol floor, the Oregon Appeals Court has determined that lawmakers can be subpoenaed to testify in court on matters related to their actual governing. The appeals court ruling...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 22, 2012 | Federal Appeals
A group of protesters looking to make their message known in Oregon in 2004 were recently successful with their efforts in a federal appeals court. With the win, the protestors can move forward with their civil litigation against members of the Secret Service. The...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 15, 2012 | Environmental Litigation
While some young students spend their time writing papers about changes they would like to see in society, two Oregon students went as far as to take their mission to a circuit court in an effort to hold the state to its environmental liability. The girls, ages 11 and...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 13, 2012 | Land Use
Are you interested in developing an industrial or commercial use on a tract of land that is surrounded by potentially unique natural resources? Are you a concerned citizen, worried that a new use could impact recreational or natural resource uses on surrounding...
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