An Oregon car dealership is considering whether to appeal a decision ordering to pay $100,000 the way it handled a debt collection case. The complex matter divided the civil appeals court that most recently heard the case; the court approved $100,000 in punitive...
Month: January 2013
Oregon man sues government over no-fly list
A 56-year-old Oregon man was stranded in the Middle East for three weeks after the FBI placed his name on the no-fly list. The plaintiff, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was barred from boarding his flight back from Tunisia in 2012, eventually learning that he was placed...
Developer settles Oregon real estate appeal
A real estate developer will pay $260,000 to avoid further litigation in an appeals case filed by a former Oregon official who objected to a 230-unit apartment facility currently being constructed by the developer in downtown Eugene. The man's primary concern with the...
Tour bus crash kills 9 in Oregon
A bus full of tourists fell 200 feet after sliding off a highway during a tour of Oregon's Blue Mountain range, killing nine of its 48 passengers. Because many of the passengers, ranging in age from 7 to 74, were South Korean visitors to Oregon, police had difficulty...
Oregon agency hopes to allow canola fields in Willamette Valley
After its initial plan to allow the farming of canola in the Willamette Valley was blocked by an appeals court, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has prepared a new proposal and hopes to move forward with widespread production of the valuable plant. It is unclear...