December 30, 2019
Oakland authorities have confirmed a fire chased eight people out of an evacuated and condemned building injuring one person before fire crews could extinguish the blaze. Assistant Fire Marshal Emmanuel Watson compared the event to the 2016 fire that trapped …
December 23, 2019
A bicyclist hit by a speeding driver near a Portland, Ore. bike lane crossing in front of a freeway on-ramp will receive a $350,000 settlement from the city, state and the motorist. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Bobbi Smith is scheduled to …
December 17, 2019
The state Supreme Court has refused a request by Delaware’s attorney general to review a judge’s decision dismissing Walgreens as a defendant in Delaware’s lawsuit against the drug industry over the opioid crisis. The court issued a ruling Wednesday saying …
November 21, 2019
The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash. woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the lawsuit was filed this week in Multnomah …
November 15, 2019
Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head – in a beer. And an outcry is brewing. Steve Doty, owner of Shady Oak brewery in Santa Rosa, announced a new …
November 13, 2019
The widow of a passenger who died in a fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people in the waters off California sued the vessel’s owners this week. Christine Dignam, whose husband, Justin Dignam, died when the Conception caught fire …
October 2, 2019
The parents of a 15-year-old Connecticut boy who accidentally shot and killed himself at a friend’s house have settled their lawsuit against the gun owner for $1 million. The Hartford Courant reported Monday that Kristen and Michael Song filed the …
September 30, 2019
U.S. investigators who examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat have not been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, a law enforcement official said Friday, but two inquiries are …
September 23, 2019
One was a ship in name only, an artist commune set up in an Oakland warehouse. The other was a bona fide boat afloat on the ocean off Santa Barbara. Both became fiery death traps for a combined 70 souls, …
September 11, 2019
U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California, the FBI said. The FBI, Coast Guard and U.S. attorney in Los Angeles are participating in the investigation …