A group known as the Freedom From Religion Foundation will contest a religious statue they say does not belong on public ground. A U.S. District judge approved a 10-year permit allowing the statue's owners to continue maintaining it at its current site, located atop a...
Month: August 2013
U.S. Labor Department faces lawsuit from Oregon farms
A recent lawsuit targeting the U.S. Department of Labor claims the government agency wrongfully coerced two Oregon blueberry producers into signing unfair wage settlements, also failing to grant them their right to due process. The farms said they were effectively...
Oregon wind farm noise lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages/1
An Oregon man is suing an out-of-state energy firm for over $5 million in damages after he claims he was forced to move out of his home due to constant audible noise and inaudible infrasound produced by a number of wind turbines the defendant installed near his home....
Oregon union embroiled in legal dispute
A Marion County Circuit Court judge recently ruled that Oregon's largest labor union has violated a number of state laws concerning the operation of non-profit corporations. This is the latest development in long-running civil litigation between the union and one of...
$18.6 million awarded to Oregon woman over credit report errors
A woman from Marion County, Oregon, has been awarded $18.6 million in a case that is sure to cause a stir across the nation. The defendant in the case was Equifax Information Services, one of the three major credit bureaus. While the federal jury award will likely be...