SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - In a decision with broad implications for the cost of healthcare in Oregon, the state Supreme Court ruled hospitals can be sued for providing drugs plaintiffs consider defective, spreading potential liability beyond drugmakers to include any entity that administers pharmaceuticals to patients.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A man who communicated with his lawyers on his company email system and left the messages behind after he left can claim the attorney-client privilege, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments the privilege was waived because his employer could read the emails.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who paid $19.99 for a fleece zip at an Eddie Bauer outlet store can sue the company because it falsely said it was discounted 50% from the “list price” of $39.99, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments the plaintiff also had to show there was something wrong with the quality of the item.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - An Oregon trial court judge must reconsider, possibly, whether she was right to exclude certain evidence from a lawsuit over a fall on aluminum bleachers at the Oregon State Fair.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - Amazon employees can’t sue under Oregon labor laws for wages they say they earned while going through security screening, the state’s high court ruled, because state laws mirror federal regulations that exclude such incidental activities.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A victim of child abuse can sue the police for failing to protect him from his stepfather but not for violating specific duties under Oregon law, the state’s highest court ruled in an advisory opinion for a federal judge.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A victim of child abuse can sue the police for failing to protect him from his stepfather but not for violating specific duties under Oregon law, the state’s highest court ruled in an advisory opinion for a federal judge.
SALEM, Ore. (legal Newsline) - A mother seeking $800,000 in emotional damages over the death of her five-month-old son isn’t a “party” to the lawsuit and isn't required to turn over her own medical and psychological records, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled in a decision that was supported by the state trial lawyer association.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who admitted she rear-ended another car while glancing at her cellphone can’t avoid liability for the other driver’s emotional trauma and subsequent suicide attempt, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled, overturning an appeals court’s decision that the suicide attempt wasn’t foreseeable.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who grew up in Oregon will not be able to run for governor there because he didn’t meet the state’s residency requirement.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - Oregon’s highest court has reversed an appeals court’s dismissal of a wrongful-discharge suit by a former state agency official, saying it was up to the jury to decide whether it was reasonable for her to think she was fired for whistleblowing.
EUGENE, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – In a closely watched case, the Oregon Supreme Court has given plaintiffs in the state a boost by striking down the state’s cap on noneconomic damages.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of the state of Oregon has the remanded a case filed by Starbucks employees who sued the company for allegedly improperly calculating tax withholdings.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Oregon has sent a proposed bill back Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum for modification after a resident filed a ballot title change for Initiative Petition 19 (IP 19). The man claimed that the title did not accurately describe the immediate impact if the bill passed, most notably that the state would impose an eight-year service time limit for legislators the first time.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The Oregon Supreme Court has affirmed a decision against a motorist who challenged Oregon's safe harbor statute in an attempt to have insurance provider Progressive Classic Insurance Co. cover his attorney fees.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The Oregon Supreme Court has reversed trial and appellate courts’ decision to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against Rogue Valley Medical Center and Dr. Alison Savage.
EUGENE, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Oregon ruled on May 11 that it would reverse a decision by a court of appeals in a medical malpractice case involving the “loss of chance” legal theory.
The state’s high court, hearing the case en banc, ruled 4-3 that plaintiff Stephanie M. Dowell was not entitled to reimbursement for the transportation costs she incurred to obtain medical care, as part of her personal injury protection, or PIP, medical benefits. PIP is an extension of car insurance that covers medical expenses and, in many cases, lost wages.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Supreme Court justices in Florida may have given plaintiffs attorneys a reason to try to strike down legislatively imposed limits on non-economic damages in other states, a law professor and plaintiffs attorney agree.
