Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$100K for Protest Lawsuit Settlement in Oregon Approved
Dec 27 2021 // The City Council in Portland, Oregon, unanimously approved of paying $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against police by a man who said he was pepper sprayed, thrown to the ground and unlawfully arrested during a...
Inquiry Finds Oregon Institution’s Misconduct Investigations to be Subpar
Dec 17 2021 // Oregon Health & Science University lacks clear policies on handling, documenting and investigating reported misconduct, an inquiry by former Attorney General Eric Holder’s law firm has found. The law firm said...
Settlement in Oregon Suit Alleging Deputy Pinned Black Child
Dec 17 2021 // Clackamas County, Oregon has paid $45,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a mother who said one of several sheriff’s deputies held her 12-year-old son to the ground with a knee on his neck. The boy is Black and the...
Woman’s Oregon City Suit Blames Tear Gas for Impacting Menstrual Health
Dec 13 2021 // A woman is suing the city of Portland, Oregon, alleging that tear gas deployed by police during summer 2020 demonstrations caused lasting damage to her menstrual health. Lanora Vasquez’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, filed...
Risk Strategies Acquires Fournier Group in Oregon
Dec 9 2021 // Risk Strategies acquired Fournier Group in Portland, Oregon. Fournier Group is a commercial and personal lines retail insurance agency led by President Greg Kuhns. In 2018, Fournier Group acquired Aircraft & Marine, an...
Former Oregon Capitol Official Threatens to Sue
Dec 8 2021 // A former Oregon official who was tasked with fielding harassment complaints in the state Capitol before resigning in June says he was pushed out for revealing flaws in the Legislative Equity Office and is now threatening...
Homeowners of America Introduces Services in Oregon
Nov 22 2021 // Homeowners of America launched its service in Oregon. Oregon marks HOA’s 11th state of operation HOA is a property/casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. Porch is a vertical software company...
People Moves: Alliant Names Johnson Managing Director in Oregon; XPT Adds Mansfield in Washington
Nov 18 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Peter Johnson executive vice president and managing director. Johnson is based in Portland, Ore., and will focus on providing strategic risk management solutions for agribusiness clients...
People Moves: Wateridge Promotes Dorris; Alliant Names Barlow, Doerfler Senior Vice Presidents in Oregon
Nov 9 2021 // Wateridge Insurance/Assured Partners of California promoted John Dorris to president of the San Diego, Calif., operations. Dorris’ role will be to lead the agency to key financial goals, recruiting talent and leading...
Oregon Court Distills the Science of Cannabis to Find Insurance for a CBD Claim
Nov 4 2021 // Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally legal hemp and federally illegal cannabis. A new opinion from...
Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer for $2.7M Over Outbreak
Oct 25 2021 // Lawyers representing New Seasons Market have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against an Oregon beef producer accusing the company of negligence for delivering beef tainted with E. coli in 2019, court records show. Several...
Oregon Agency Inadvertently Releases Employees Vaccine Status
Oct 22 2021 // Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two media outlets. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported a spreadsheet sent to them and...
Oli Insurance Services Acquires Rose City Associates in Oregon
Oct 20 2021 // Oli Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Rose City Associates in Portland, Ore. Pete Lackner and Bob Asher created Rose City Associates in 2012 through a merger of their respective agencies, and will continue to lead their...
Oregon Doughnuts Workers Fired in Heat Wave Getting Jobs Back
Oct 13 2021 // Some workers at Voodoo Doughnuts who were fired during a deadly Pacific Northwest heat wave in June after going on strike are set to get their jobs back. KOIN-TV reports the National Labor Relations Board ruled the workers...
Lawsuit: Oregon Software Company Refused to Hire Man Who is Deaf
Oct 1 2021 // Federal watchdogs are suing Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software and its recruiting firm CampusPoint Corp., alleging they refused to hire a job applicant who is deaf. Viewpoint makes software that...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year
Sep 20 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced earlier this month. The decline in costs marks nine years of...
Family of Man Killed During Oregon Protests Files Suit
Sep 13 2021 // The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland, Ore., after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city, the mayor and the county district attorney, saying their negligence contributed to his violent...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year
Sep 9 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced on Thursday. The decline in costs marks nine years of average...
Firefighter Dies While Working Oregon Wildfire, Officials Say
Aug 25 2021 // A firefighter died this week while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Oregon, officials said. Bryan Cutchen, Oakridge city administrator and acting fire chief, said the death is suspected to have been caused by a...
Judge Tosses Most Claims in Oregon Armed Occupation Death Suit
Aug 19 2021 // A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an Arizona rancher who served as spokesperson for the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife...
