A 34-year-old man from Oregon is the latest individual to introduce civil litigation against a retired Catholic priest, claiming that he molested him and a number of others as boys many years ago. The man is seeking $3 million to compensate for a long period of pain,...
Month: September 2011
Prune juice explosion knocks man off his feet, causes black eyes
A rather odd and seemingly unlikely event has an 83-year-old retired man filing a personal injury civil suit against a number of companies. The man entered the lawsuit in the United State District Court in Medford, Oregon after a bottle of prune juice, contained in a...
Oregon woman who fed bears loses appeal in high court
A 63-year-old woman from Yachats, Oregon, lost a civil appeals case with the state's highest court after she was convicted of harassing wildlife and banished from her home. It was the final chapter in two years of legal proceedings surrounding the case. The woman,...
Del Monte threatens to sue Oregon health authorities
A Florida-based fruit company is targeting health officials in Oregon after what it considered to be a hasty and unfounded investigation accusing the company of being responsible for an outbreak of salmonella. Oregon Public Health investigates a number of food-borne...