Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PCI Slams Oregon Bad Faith Proposals
Mar 22 2013 // A handful of bills proposed in Oregon could hit consumers with nearly $200 million in cost increases and yield a rash of lawsuits, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which is urging Oregon...
Oregon City Fears Isolation After Major Earthquake
Mar 21 2013 // Officials in Medford say an emerging state plan for recovering from a major earthquake would keep their region isolated from the rest of Oregon for a lengthy period because repair efforts to get traffic moving north-south...
Oregon Governor Signs Medical-Error Mediation Bill
Mar 20 2013 // Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed a bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes. Kitzhaber signed the measure Monday flanked by legislators and the leaders of the Oregon Medical...
Oregon Trooper uses Facebook to ID driver
Mar 20 2013 // Oregon State Police say a trooper checked Facebook to determine that a driver whose face didn’t match his license was really a fugitive wanted on felony warrants. Lt. Gregg Hastings says an equipment violation...
Suit Alleges Oregon Teen Burned During MRI
Mar 18 2013 // A teenage boy and his mother have sued a Portland hospital, alleging the boy was burned after a technician left metal discs on his body during a magnetic resonance imaging exam. The Oregonian reported that Aaron Lee and...
Report Makes Chilling Forecast On Northwest Quake
Mar 18 2013 // More than 10,000 people could die when – not if – a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators . Coastal towns would be inundated. Schools, buildings...
Oregon Report: Workers’ Comp Increases Coming
Mar 11 2013 // More data is power, but then again knowledge goes only so far – especially in workers’ compensation. A report out in late February shows continued workers’ comp rate decreases on average countrywide through...
Oregon Senate Approves Medical Mistakes Mediation
Mar 7 2013 // The Oregon Senate has passed a bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes. The bill passed Tuesday in a 26-3 vote despite criticisms from some lawmakers who said it should have included...
Ex-Officer Wins $750,000 in Suit Against Oregon City
Mar 4 2013 // A federal jury has awarded a former sergeant $750,000 in a lawsuit over his departure from the Roseburg police force. The Roseburg News-Review reported that Gregrey Fetsch argued the city didn’t give him a chance to...
EPA Assessing Possible Cancer Cluster In Oregon
Feb 28 2013 // The Environmental Protection Agency held a meeting in Salem, Ore. to update the public on a preliminary assessment of four sites in west Salem connected to five cases of rare bone cancer. The four are West Salem High...
Oregon Report: Workers’ Comp Increases Coming
Feb 26 2013 // More data is power, but then again knowledge goes only so far – especially in workers’ compensation. A report out on Tuesday shows continued workers’ comp rate decreases on average countrywide through 2011,...
Strickland Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Oregon
Feb 26 2013 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Marc Strickland to the firm’s Portland, Ore. office as vice president and account executive of employee benefits. Strickland will be responsible for overseeing and delivering client...
Bill Would Expand Definition of DUI in Oregon
Feb 25 2013 // Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand the definition of drunken driving to include prescription drugs and synthetic substances that mimic drugs. Currently “intoxicants” cover only alcohol,...
Former Oregon Resident Files $16M Sex-Abuse Suit Against Church
Feb 19 2013 // A 34-year-old woman who was raised near Portland, Ore. has filed a $16 million lawsuit, alleging she was the victim of sexual abuse as a teenager. The Oregonian newspaper reported that Cristie Prasnikar, who now lives out...
Oregon Trial Begins Over Radio Show Insults
Feb 18 2013 // A trial has began in Eugene, Ore. in a civil lawsuit in which former KFLY-FM traffic reporter Michael Fleming says he was the victim of discrimination and hateful attacks on the afternoon “Donkey Show.” Show...
Doctors, Lawyers Support Oregon Medical Errors Bill
Feb 17 2013 // Usually staunch adversaries, doctors and trial lawyers have both gotten behind an Oregon bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes, which is aimed at reducing medical liability...
Scientists: Boat On Oregon Shore Likely Tsunami Debris
Feb 7 2013 // Scientists say a 30-foot boat that washed ashore on Gleneden Beach on the central Oregon coast appears to be debris from the March 2011 Japan tsunami. Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department spokesman Rick Boatner says it is...
Bill Would Expand Definition Of DUI in Oregon
Feb 6 2013 // Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand the definition of drunken driving to include prescription drugs and synthetic substances that mimic drugs. Currently “intoxicants” cover only alcohol,...
Big Quake Could Cause $30B Damage to Oregon
Feb 6 2013 // A state commission says a magnitude 9 earthquake off the Oregon coast and tsunami could cause more than $30 billion damage to the state economy. Such a quake also could kill as many as 10,000 people in the state, but the...
Q&A on Oregon Insurance Exchange
Jan 30 2013 // While some states have fought President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul, known as the Affordable Care Act, Oregon has embraced it. The law requires every state to have a new health insurance marketplace...
