Oregon Court of Appeals
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State Appellate Courts
1163 State St, Salem, OR 97301-2562
Recent News About Oregon Court of Appeals
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A group of teachers who claim they were physically and sexually assaulted by elementary-school students can sue district officials for failing to come to their aid, an Oregon appeals court ruled, reversing a trial judge’s dismissal of claims.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who waited until after she went through personal bankruptcy to sue her employer properly had her case dismissed, an Oregon appeals court ruled, rejecting her explanation it was an “honest and understandable mistake.”
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A piano tuner who was accused by a coworker of being drunk can sue the school district that employed him for defamation, after the Oregon Supreme Court refuted a 1976 decision that some interpreted to mean all public employees were shielded from such claims.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - Banana Republic can be sued for hiring a worker who placed a secret camera in an employee restroom, an Oregon appeals court ruled, reversing a trial court’s decision that damages for emotional distress are available only if there was physical contact with the plaintiff.
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SALEM, Ore. (Leagl Newsline) - Oregon law bars a worker from suing over exposure to toxic fumes for which he was already paid under the state’s workers’ compensation system, an appeals court ruled, in a case that previously made its way to the Oregon Supreme Court and drew strong interest from the state’s trial lawyers.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - An 18-year-old woman has the right to buy a rifle from a gun store under Oregon’s anti-age discrimination law, an appeals court ruled, overturning a lower court decision that found public health and safety concerns trumped the broad language of the statute.
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ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Children don’t have standing to sue over a parent’s death if the surviving spouse refuses, a Georgia appeals court ruled, trimming the so-called equitable powers of judges to provide plaintiffs with a remedy when other legal avenues appear blocked.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – A widow will get her chance to prove the Oregon State Police should not have employed a trooper with a history of “tunnel vision” and being on edge because it was foreseeable that he would kill someone someday.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - Deere & Co. must go to trial for a third time over claims it sold a riding lawnmower with a “visibility defect” that caused a man to back over his daughter because he didn’t realize he had to turn his head to check if she was there.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – A woman whose newborn suffocated under her breast at Portland Adventist Medical Center can proceed with a lawsuit for negligent infliction of emotional distress.
