Dr. Alan Bates (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-A bill winding its way through the Oregon Legislature would allow plaintiffs to sue state and local governments for more money than currently allowed under the state's public liability cap.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Democratic legislative leaders in Oregon on Thursday named a special bipartisan panel to examine the Beaver State's tort laws.
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.
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.
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.
SALEM -- The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that state agencies have the authority to write administrative rules that put state laws into effect.
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.
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.
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.
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.