Abused foster child wins $3.75 million from state 
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: brain damage, child abuse, foster care, Oregon
Stephanie Kuntupis, the now 7-year-old girl who suffered permanent brain damage at the hands of her Gresham foster father five years ago, has settled a lawsuit with the state of Oregon, winning $3.75 million.
Jury awards $25 million in tobacco case against Philip Morris
Published: February 17, 2012
Tags: low-tar cigarettes, Oregon, Philip Morris, tobacco
A Multnomah County, Ore. jury has awarded $25 million in a low-tar tobacco verdict against Philip Morris.
City to pay $1.2 million to settle civil rights suit over police shooting
Published: February 2, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Oregon, police shooting, wrongful death
The city of Portland, Ore. has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago.
Man accuses counselor of planting memories
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: counselor, false memories, Oregon
A former Albany, Ore., resident is suing a family counselor and accusing him of planting false memories during counseling sessions.
Man files $5.5 million sex abuse suit against Scouts
Published: May 4, 2011
Tags: Boy Scouts, Oregon, sexual abuse, teenager
An Oregon man who claims he was sexually molested by a Boy Scouts leader as a teenager in the 1970s sued the group in the same court where his attorneys won a landmark jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America in a separate case last year.
State to settle medical care lawsuit filed by former inmate
Published: April 15, 2011
Tags: failure to diagnose, Oregon, prisoner
Oregon has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who says the state failed to identify a serious heart ailment when she was an inmate at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Vegetable packing company to pay $80,000 in discrimination settlement
Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: disability discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Oregon
A potato and onion packager based in Umatilla has agreed to pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
City to pay $338,000 to settle crash case
By:
Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: car accident, Oregon, police
The city of Portland, Ore. is prepared to pay $338,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an 80-year-old woman who was struck by a police car while walking across a street.
Man claims stun gun stopped heart
By:
Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: brain damage, Excessive Force, Oregon, police, Taser
An Oregon man has filed a $3 million federal lawsuit claiming he suffered serious injuries when a Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy shot him with a 50,000-volt stun gun.
Widow to receive $1.3 million from federal government
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 15, 2010
Tags: Oregon, suicide, veteran
The attorney for the widow of a veteran who fell to his death from the roof of Portland’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center says the federal government has agreed to pay almost $1.3 million to settle the case.
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