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#1 Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires
Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career. Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...
#2 Berkshire Hathaway Energy Shows Unusual Risk Appetite in Wildfire Court Fight
Sep 21 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp has been battered in an unprecedented court fight over the utility’s failure to prevent massive wildfire destruction in Oregon. The largest grid operator in the...
#3 Utility Investors Wary of Exposures After Buffet’s PacifiCorp Held Liable for Wildfires
Jul 19 2023 // Destructive wildfires are now an almost routine part of summer in the American West, and electrical utilities have likewise become used to having their power lines and equipment blamed for igniting the blazes. But a jury...
#4 Oregon Prosecutors Charge Off-Duty Pilot Accused of Trying to Cut Engines on Midflight Jet with Attempted Murder
Oct 25 2023 // Oregon prosecutors have charged an off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut the engines on a Horizon Air jet in mid-air with 83 counts of attempted murder. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in Portland...
#5 Alaska Airlines’ Decision Not to Ground Boeing Jet Despite Warning Signs Comes Under Scrutiny
Jan 10 2024 // The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions about whether...
#6 Ex-Oregon Prison Nurse Sexually Assaulted Nine Women
Jul 31 2023 // A federal jury found a former nurse at Oregon’s women’s prison guilty of sexually abusing nine women while they were in custody. The jury reached its verdict in the case against 38-year-old Tony Klein last week...
#7 Oregon Regulator to Investigate Pacificorp’s Request to Limit Wildfire Liability
Nov 30 2023 // Oregon’s utility regulator this week said it would investigate a petition by PacifiCorp to limit its liability from future wildfire-related lawsuits, delaying a decision on the power provider’s request by as...
#8 Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3
Jan 22 2024 // A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before...
#9 Oregon Seeks $27M for Dam Repair from Contractors, District
Oct 13 2023 // Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish in what they`ve described as one of the largest damages claims for illegal...
#10 Winter Weather in Pacific Northwest Cut Power to Thousands in Seattle
Dec 4 2023 // Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range. Thousands of households were without power Saturday morning in...
#11 Oregon Jury Awards Man $3M After Officer Accused Him of Trying to Steal Car
Nov 17 2023 // A jury in Oregon has awarded a man more than $3.1 million after a police officer accused him of trying to steal a car he was fixing and allegedly used excessive force when arresting him. That jury award included more than...
#12 Federal Reinsurance Backstop for Catastrophes: APCIA Says No Thanks
Jan 16 2024 // Federal lawmakers introduced a bill to create a federal natural catastrophe backstop recently, reacting to insurers’ issues with growing private reinsurance costs. But a trade group for carriers suggested that a...
#13 2024 Oregon Consumer Laws Include Protections for Homeowners Dealing with Wildfire
Dec 29 2023 // Consumer protections for homeowners dealing with wildfire-related issues, property contents coverage, personal data protection and prescription drugs are set to go into effect in 2024. The Oregon Division of Financial...
#14 Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Sued by Oregon Wineries Over Fire Damage
Jul 17 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp was sued by Oregon wineries claiming that smoke from wildfires ignited by the utility’s equipment in 2020 destroyed their grape harvests, resulting in tens of millions of...
#15 Berkshire Utility Reaches $299 Million Oregon Fire Accord
Dec 8 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in southwest Oregon, averting another jury trial in litigation that has already exposed the...
#16 Oregon Judge Refuses to Dismiss 2015 Climate Lawsuit Filed by Youth
Jan 22 2024 // A judge in Oregon rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people that alleges the federal government knew the dangers posed by carbon pollution but that it has continued...
#17 Oregon Schools Sued for $9M After Young Girl Allegedly Raped
Apr 11 2024 // A young girl and her guardian have sued an Oregon nonprofit organization, Portland Public Schools and Multnomah County for $9 million, alleging they were negligent when male classmates sexually abused her at school and...
#18 California-Oregon Wildfires Prompt Evacuation Orders
Aug 17 2023 // Growing fires near the California-Oregon border have prompted evacuation orders. A Siskiyou County wildfire, the Head Fire, started in the Klamath National Forest after a bout of thunderstorms and lightning. A social media...
#19 Lawsuit Accuses Oregon Officer of Excessive Force in Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
Mar 14 2024 // A police officer in Portland, Oregon, has been accused in a federal lawsuit of excessive force over a 2022 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man. The officer shot Immanueal “Manny” Clark in the back as he ran...
#20 Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
