Oregon Libel Law
Therell Davis v. Progressive Universal Insurance Company
Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on Assault, Libel, and Slander theories claiming $10 million in damages. ... More...
$1 (10-20-2021 - OR)Matthew J. Mason v. BCK Corporation
Plaintiff appeals from a limited judgment that, on a motion for summary judgment, dismissed his liquor liability claim against defendant BCK Corporation, the operator of Duffy’s Irish Pub. Plaintiff had alleged that defendant had overserved Mullenix while she was visibly intoxicated and that he was later injured while a passenger in a car that Mullenix drove. Defendant sought summary judgment, a... More...
$0 (07-16-2018 - OR)Dr. Kristian Ferry v. McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and McKenzie Physician Services
Salem, OR - Dr. Kristian Ferry sued McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center on breach of contract and defamation theories claiming to have been damaged as a direct result of for being terminated in 2015. <br> <br> The Defendants denied wrongdoing and asserted truth in their defense on the libel claim.... More...
$158333 (05-07-2017 - OR)Jean Marie Howell v. Christopher David Boyle
2 This case is before the court on certified questions of Oregon law from the 3 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit). See generally ORS 4 28.200 to 28.255 (granting authority to answer certified questions and describing 5 procedure). The questions arise out of an action for personal injury brought in federal 6 district court against defendant Boyle and his employer,... More...
$0 (03-15-2013 - OR)General Bell v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
2 Plaintiff, decedent's personal representative, appeals from a general<br> 3 judgment of dismissal in this personal injury action against a public body, Tri-County<br> 4 Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet). Plaintiff assigns error to the<br> 5 trial court's allowance of TriMet's motion to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds,<br> 6 based on the two-year limitation period ... More...
$0 (01-25-2012 - OR)In the Matter of Roman Catholic Archdishop of Portland in Oregon
Documents produced in discovery and filed in the bankruptcy court contained allegations that Fathers M and D, two priests who were not parties to the Portland Archdiocese's bankruptcy case, had sexually abused children. The bankruptcy court held that the discovery documents at issue could be disclosed to the public, because the public's interest in disclosure of these discovery documents outweighe... More...
$0 (09-21-2011 - OR)Cecilia L. Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc.
We must decide whether the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects an internet service provider from suit where it undertook to remove from its website material harmful to the plaintiff but failed to do so.<br><br>I<br><br>This case stems from a dangerous, cruel, and highly indecent use of the internet for the apparent purpose of revenge.1 In late 2004, Cecilia Barnes broke off a lengthy relat... More...
$0 (05-07-2009 - OR)<a href="http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S49593.htm" target="_new">Stuart Abrams and Abrams, Inc. v. General Star Indemnity Company</a>
<P>This court accepted certification of the following question of law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit): <P> "Does an insurer have a duty to defend an insured under an insurance policy with an 'intentional acts' exclusion if the complaint against the insured alleges a subjective intent to harm but the claim could be proven through unintentional conduct... More...
$0 (05-01-2003 - OR)<a href="http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S49593.htm" target="_new">Stuart Abrams and Abrams, Inc. v. General Star Indemnity Company</a>
<P>Southern Pacific Railway (Southern Pacific) possessed a number of rail van trailers that it leased to third parties on behalf of the owners of the trailers. An individual who worked for Southern Pacific, but who did not have authority to sell the trailers, sold some rail van trailers to Stuart Abrams and Abrams, Inc. (Abrams), the plaintiffs in this case, and kept the money. Abrams then sold ma... More...
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