Eugene, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

"Job discrimination law is a complex area of law that prohibits discrimination in employment based on certain protected characteristics. These protected characteristics include race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, and genetic informati... More...    $0 (09-27-2023 - OR)

Portland, Oregon civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.


After plaintiff filed this class-action complaint against defendants in the trial court, defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration. The trial court granted the motion. Plaintiff appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Gist v. Zoan Management, Inc., 305 Or.App... More...    $0 (07-08-2022 - OR)

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Eugene, OR - Jennifer Wheeler sued Safeway, Inc. on a personal injury negligence theory.

The Complaint filed by Ms. Wheeler stated in part:

For Plaintiff Jenna Wheeler’s claims for relief against Defendant Safeway, Inc., Plaintiff states:
Parties
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Defendant Safeway, Inc., is a foreign corporation incorporated in Delaware and with its princi... More...    $0 (05-09-2018 - OR)

Plaintiff is a licensed electrician who previously
worked for defendant, Nike, Inc., in its maintenance department.
Defendant fired plaintiff after he used one of defendant’s
on-site basketball courts at a prohibited time. In
response, plaintiff sued defendant for, among other things,
statutory safety complaint and whistleblower retaliation.
Plaintiff alleged that defendant... More...    $0 (01-31-2018 - OR)

Portland, Oregon - Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on civil rights violation theory.

The issue in this case is whether police unlawfully interrogated a criminal defendant after he invoked his rights to counsel and against compelled self-incrimination, guaranteed by Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the United States ... More...    $0 (09-22-2017 - OR)

In a two-phased jury trial, petitioner was convicted
of aggravated murder and sentenced to death for killing
a fifteen-year-old girl, HF. The state’s theory of the case
was that petitioner had killed HF intentionally in furtherance
of, or in an effort to conceal, the commission of sexual
offenses against her. This court affirmed his convictions and
sentence. State v. Johnso... More...    $0 (08-03-2017 - OR)

Defendants David Soyster, Joy Soyster, and James
Idle appeal from a general judgment granting declaratory
relief to plaintiff Macadam Bay Homeowners Association
(Macadam Bay). On appeal, defendants assign error to the
trial court’s grant of Macadam Bay’s motion for summary
judgment. Defendants contend that the trial court incorrectly
concluded, as a matter of law, that defe... More...    $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

Plaintiff appeals a general judgment in favor of
defendant. Plaintiff, Lydia Bergstrom, is the mother of a
minor son, Garin, and she filed this lawsuit as a conservator
on his behalf.1 Defendant Associates for Women’s Health of
Southern Oregon, LLC, is an obstetrics clinic that provided
plaintiff with prenatal care and assisted with the delivery of
Garin. Plaintiff sued def... More...    $0 (02-01-2017 - OR)

The Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division
(DMV) appeals from a judgment that set aside an administrative
order that suspended petitioner’s driver’s license for
a year. The circuit court ruled that an administrative law
judge (ALJ) had improperly excluded evidence of a urinalysis
of a sample that petitioner gave the morning after her
arrest for driving under the influen... More...    $0 (02-23-2017 - OR)

Marshall Johnson is the beneficiary of a right to
periodic payments under a structured settlement agreement.
Petitioner J. G. Wentworth Originators, LLC (J. G.
Wentworth) brought this special proceeding under ORS
33.857 to 33.875 (2005),1 seeking to purchase at a discount
Johnson’s right to one future annuity payment and a portion
of a future lump sum payment. The trial cou... More...    $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

This is the second time that we are asked to review an
order of the Workers’ Compensation Board relating to claimant’s
entitlement to a penalty under former ORS 656.268(5)(d)
(2009), renumbered as ORS 656.268(5)(f) (2015),1 and attorney
fees under ORS 656.382(1), for employer’s failure to
close her claim within 10 days of her September 30, 2009,
request for closure.
In ... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - OR)

Petitioner was convicted of multiple crimes in 2006
and sentenced to a lengthy period of incarceration. He initiated
this post-conviction proceeding in 2013 by filing a
pro se claim for post-conviction relief in which he raised a single
claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, premised
on several alleged deficiencies in representation. The postconviction
court dism... More...    $0 (03-22-2017 - OR)

Oregon requires that foreign corporations doing
business in this state appoint a registered agent to receive
service of process. ORS 60.731(1).1 The primary question
that this case presents is whether, by appointing a registered
agent in Oregon, defendant (a foreign corporation)
impliedly consented to general jurisdiction here—that is,
whether defendant consented to have Or... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - OR)

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is
whether claimant is entitled to benefits for his “combined
condition” claim. Under ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B), a “combined
condition” exists when an “otherwise compensable injury”
combines with a preexisting condition, and the otherwise
compensable injury remains the major contributing cause
of that combined condition.1 In this case... More...    $0 (03-30-2017 - OR)

Defendant was convicted of two counts of child endangerment under ORS 163.575(1)(b), which prohibits knowingly permitting a minor “to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted.” The issue in this case is whether that statute is violated when a person knowingly possesses drugs in a container—here, a purse—while in a car with two ch... More...    $0 (01-03-2017 - OR)

The State Land Board and the Department of State Lands (collectively, the state) appeal a judgment of the circuit court setting aside the board’s declaration of ownership of the bed and banks of the Rogue River between river miles (RM) 68.5 and 157.51 under the process established in ORS 274.400 to 274.412. It also appeals a supplemental judgment awarding petitioners their attorney fees and costs... More...    $0 (10-19-2015 - OR)

The pertinent facts in this matter are uncontested. In January 2011, defendant was indicted on 21 felony counts, including nine counts of aggravated murder, for allegedly causing the death of Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter. Shortly after defendant was indicted, his attorneys became concerned about his ability to aid and assist in his defense. The defense hired a psychiatrist, Dr. Larsen, to ev... More...    $0 (10-09-2015 - OR)

The Brownstone Homes Condominium Association discovered defects in the construction of its 26-building condominium complex, including wood decay, flashing delamination, and water penetration. In consequence, Brownstone initiated a negligence action against the general contractor who built the complex, as well as one of its subcontractors, A&T Siding. Brownstone estimated that A&T’s share of the co... More...    $0 (10-09-2015 - OR)

Defendant Capitol Specialty Insurance Co. has moved to dismiss this appeal on the ground that it has become moot. According to Capitol, the issues to be decided in the appeal pertain to the terms of an agreement settling an underlying construction defect case, but those very terms have been superseded by amendments to the agreement adopted during the pendency of the appeal. We conclude that, becau... More...    $0 (10-09-2015 - OR)

Defendants Bruce Wood and Glenn Smith each executed a guaranty agreement in connection with a $6.9 million loan for a commercial real estate project. After the borrower’s successor, Caplan Landlord, LLC, defaulted on that loan, defendants failed to pay the debt under their guaranties. Plaintiff CML-OR 5th, LLC,1 a Florida limited liability company and the assignee of the underlying promissory note... More...    $0 (09-29-2015 - OR)

AT&T, the taxpayer, is a global telecommunications company. It provides voice and data telecommunications services over the global AT&T network, which AT&T constructed, maintains, and operates. The network works together as an integrated whole, and it is used to provide all of AT&T’s services at issue. In the United States, the network provides multiple pathways that a call may take,
694 AT&T... More...    $0 (09-11-2015 - OR)

This construction defect case presents three issues on review, following certain rulings by the trial court and an award of damages by the jury. First, we consider the proper application of ORS 30.140, a statute that voids overbroad indemnity provisions in construction contracts. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had erred by invalidating an indemnity provision in its entirety when th... More...    $0 (07-06-2015 - Or)

Petitioner on review, Jackson County (the county),
seeks reconsideration of our opinion in Eclectic Investment,
LLC v. Patterson, 357 Or 25, 346 P3d 468 (2015), in which
we affirmed the Court of Appeals and trial court decisions
denying the county’s common-law indemnity claim. We
concluded that, “[i]n cases in which the Oregon comparative
negligence statutes apply and i... More...    $0 (06-12-2015 - OR)

Claimant, who had a hernia in his groin surgically
repaired in 1995, was diagnosed with another hernia
in 2011 after he experienced groin pain while lifting heavy
merchandise at work. Claimant filed a workers’ compensation
claim for that groin condition. Employer conceded
that the work incident was a material contributing cause
of claimant’s condition, but it denied his... More...    $0 (05-28-2015 - OR)

After a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted Johnny
Brown of 14 counts of wire fraud, making false statements to
a financial institution and tax evasion. While the jury was
deliberating, one of the jurors became ill and asked to be
excused. Brown requested that the district court seat an
alternate juror rather than proceed with 11 jurors. The court
denied Brown’s requ... More...    $0 (05-01-2015 - OR)

The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the
case is remanded to that court for a determination of the
merits of the petition for judicial review.
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* Judicial review from Amended Opinion and Order from Workers’ Compensation
Board dated January 20, 2011. 262 Or App 597, 325 P3d 819 (2014).
Cite as 357 Or 122 (2015) 123
The personal representa... More...    $0 (04-09-2015 - OR)

Jackson County (the county) is a defendant in this
negligence action, in which plaintiff sought damages for
damage to its real property. As an affirmative defense, the
county alleged that plaintiff was negligent and was itself
responsible for the damages that it had suffered. The county
also filed a cross-claim against a codefendant (the contractor)
seeking common-law indem... More...    $0 (03-18-2015 - OR)

Plaintiff WSB Investments, LLC owns an interest
in a timeshare unit at the Residence Club at Pronghorn
Villas Condominiums and, as a consequence of that ownership,
is a member of the associated nonprofit homeowners
association, the Residence Club at Pronghorn Villas
Condominiums Owners Association (the Res Club). When
the timeshare development, and the management of it byMore...    $0 (02-25-2015 - OR)

While driving as part of his job as a district manager
for defendant Moran Foods on the night of November 1,
2009, defendant Tito Feliciano struck plaintiff’s daughter,
Lindsay Leonard, with his car as she was crossing Foster
Road in Portland in a marked but faded crosswalk under
a streetlight that was not working. The collision killed
Leonard. Plaintiff, Leonard’s fath... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - OR)

In this civil case, plaintiff 5 Star, Inc. (5 Star)
brought claims against its insurer, defendant Atlantic
Casualty Insurance Company (Atlantic) for reformation of
its insurance policy and for negligent procurement of insurance.
Plaintiffs Kevin Rains and Mitzi Rains, who have a
judgment against 5 Star, brought a claim against Atlantic
pursuant to ORS 742.031, which permits... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - OR)

Youth appeals a judgment of the juvenile court
granting the state’s petition to waive youth into circuit
court so that he could be tried as an adult on the charge
of aggravated murder. Youth, who was 13 years and eight
months old at the time of the alleged offense, was made eligible
for adult prosecution by ORS 419C.352, which allows
for discretionary waiver for 12- to 14... More...    $0 (01-22-2015 - OR)

At issue in this case is whether the City of Portland Bureau of Fire and 2 Police Disability and Retirement Fund (the fund) correctly denied claimant's application 3 for disability benefits. The fund appeals the reviewing court's general judgment granting 4 a writ of review setting aside the fund's denial of benefits to claimant. The fund contends 5 that the time limitation in the rule on which it... More...    $0 (10-15-2014 - OR)

2 Plaintiffs Kevin and Mitzi Rains filed an action against several parties
3 seeking damages for injuries sustained by Kevin when a board on which he was standing
4 broke, causing him to fall 16 feet to the ground. Kevin, who was working as a
5 subcontractor on a construction project, sustained a thoracic T12 vertebrae burst fracture
6 that resulted in paraplegia. Kevin brought cla... More...    $0 (08-13-2014 - OR)

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Coos Bay business, its owner, and four employees pled guilty before the Honorable Michael J. Mosman in federal court today to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Kustom Products, Inc. (KPI), a vehicle parts supply business located in Coos Bay, Oregon, its owner, and four employees admitted that they committed fraud on contracts with the United States Department... More...    $0 (07-18-2014 - OR)

2 Defendant appeals his convictions for first-degree rape (Count 1), ORS
163.375,1 first-degree sodomy (Count 2), ORS 163.405,2 3 and second-degree unlawful
penetration (Count 3), ORS 163.408.3 4 Defendant assigns error to the trial court's
5 admission of hearsay statements made by the victim, contending that the state's notice
6 of its intent to offer those statements did not meet... More...    $0 (05-29-2014 - OR)