Paul & Sugerman
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David blogs from our Oregon law firm and provides a unique view of the civil justice system. We cover consumer issues, safety, employment questions, the civil justice system and –now and then–our cases.
Latest Blog Posts
- Update Oregon court fees increases: Are we closing the courthouse doors? on Oct 2, 2009 in Oregon Oregon State Bar Oregon injury attorney civil justice system sugerman
Here’s the link to a report in The Oregonian posted on OregonLive about this week’s increase in filing fees in Oregon’s civil court system. Longer analysis here explaining the problem. The comments at OregonLive are a bit disconce...
- Catching up–Amended complaint in Bixby v. KBR Oregon National Guard sodium dichromate exposure case on Sep 30, 2009 in KBR Oregon National Guard Oregon injury attorney environmental toxic injury
New flash: The idiot at the helm–the author–recently mastered the tech skills that take him to the level of preschooler. To celebrate, and without further delay, here is Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint in Bixby v. KBR, the case on b...
- Update Oregon National Guard case against KBR on Sep 23, 2009 in General Oregon National Guard Oregon injury attorney attorneys environmental jurisdiction toxic injury
Here’s the update on Oregon National Guard soldiers case against KBR. By way of background, members of the Oregon National Guard who served in Iraq in 2003 were exposed to sodium dichromate while protecting KBR employees at the Qarmat Ali water...
- “Birther” movement resorts to frivolous lawsuits on Sep 16, 2009 in Birther movement Oregon injury attorney attorney misconduct frivolous lawsuits sugerman
The frivolous lawsuit canard often turns on whose ox is getting gored. When a consumer files a class action, it is–according to representatives of business interests–a frivolous lawsuit. But when someone who wants to close the courthouse...
- Portland jury finds against ambulance company for sex abuse by its paramedic on Sep 9, 2009 in Oregon sex abuse lawyer Oregonian Portland injury attorney sex abuse sugerman
Congratulations to my friends at Greg Kafoury, Mark MacDougal and the rest of their team for obtaining a multi-million dollar verdict on behalf of a patient who was sexually abused by an EMT. According to this report in The Oregonian, the Portland ju...
- Update: Class certification motion filed in Western Culinary Institute case on Aug 31, 2009 in Career Education Corp. Oregon class action attorney sugerman western culinary institute
For those following the proposed class action against Western Culinary Institute and Career Education Corp., we filed our opening brief on class certification today. WCI and CEC will file an opposition, and then we’ll file a reply. Judge Baldwi...
- Patient safety–what’s missing in the healthcare debate on Aug 24, 2009 in Portland injury attorney health care injury medical negligence patient safety sugerman
There’s an elephant in the room in the health care debate. We’re hearing a lot about high medical costs and uninsured people. And then there are the fake controversies over things like “death panels.” But what isn’t bein...
