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Oregon Supreme Court justices SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)- The Oregon state Supreme Court is expected to release Friday its ruling on a closely watched case over school funding.
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U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard for the third time arguments over a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco company Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit.
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John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-John Kroger is all but guaranteed a win tonight, becoming Oregon's next attorney general.
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Ted Kulongoski (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Anyone injured in Oregon as a result of government negligence would be able to sue for 650 percent more than they can currently, under a plan reached between the Oregon Health & Science University and the state's trial lawyers.
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John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Oregon attorney general candidate John Kroger, who won the Democratic and Republican nominations, notched a bevy of endorsements from the Beaver State's Democratic establishment after they opposed him in his primary race against a veteran state lawmaker.
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James Leuenberger (C) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Law professor John Kroger, who won the Democratic and Republican nominations for attorney general, faces a challenger, finally, in November.
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Edwin Peterson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to hear for the third time a case involving a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker's widow could set the stage for a judicial showdown, a former Oregon chief justice told Legal Newsline.
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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review for a third time a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco company Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Democratic legislative leaders in Oregon on Thursday named a special bipartisan panel to examine the Beaver State's tort laws.
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Chief Justice Paul De Muniz SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Oregon Supreme Court this week upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that state school officials must review whether high school basketball tournament schedules should be adjusted to accommodate a team's religious beliefs.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday let a lower court ruling stand, rejecting a class action lawsuit seeking to force tobacco companies to pay the medical monitoring bills of smokers.
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SALEM -- The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that state agencies have the authority to write administrative rules that put state laws into effect.
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Justice W. Michael Gillette SALEM -- The Oregon Supreme Court has again allowed a huge punitive-damages award against Big Tobacco's Philip Morris to stand after it was twice rebuffed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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United States Supreme Court building WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Philip Morris finally appears to have cleared the tobacco-lawsuit decks.
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SALEM, Ore. -- Partially paying an injured plaintiff delays the onset of the statute of limitations for the plaintiff to file a lawsuit, the Oregon Supreme Court recently ruled.
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SALEM--A mechanic's asbestos-related lawsuit against three automotive suppliers was allowed to proceed after the Oregon Supreme Court recently affirmed (SC S52801) a lower court decision.
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SALEM, Ore. -- Insurance companies now appear to have more leeway in workers' compensation cases in cases where companies change hands, according to a recent Oregon Supreme Court decision.