Miscellaneous

• Paricon Recalls Children's Snow and Sand Castle Kits Because of Sharp Edges

  Jenny Albano | November 21, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Paricon, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 800 Children's Snow and Sand Castle Kits because the largest plastic castle block maker in the kit can crack at the handle during when being used, which creates sharp edges that pose a laceration hazard to children.The recall castle kit consists of three red plastic block makers. Only the largest block maker in the set is included in the...

• Certain Models of Triple-Channel Infusion Pumps Recalled

  Jenny Albano | July 25, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  On Friday, the FDA alerted healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of certain models of an upgraded triple-channel volumetric infusion pump made by Colleague and Colleague CX. A software malfunction may sound an alarm in the device, showing an error code 16:310:867:0002, which will stop infusing.An electronic infusion pump delivers controlled amounts of medicine or other fluids to patients...

• Three More Chinese Toy Recalls

  Jenny Albano | July 09, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced three more Chinese toy recalls. Children's jewelry sets were recalled because they contained lead, and a magnetic building set and plastic castles were recalled because they could be a choking hazard to children.Around 20,000 sets of Essentials for Kids Jewelry were recalled because they were found to have high levels of lead in them, which...

• The Law Says He's Nobody's Daddy

  Brad Brad | November 17, 2006 7:38 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  When a fertility clinic mistakenly placed a client's sperm in the wrong woman, the man sued for the right to be called the baby's father. Trouble is, the law says he's nobody's daddy.After a man's sperm is used to inseminate the wrong patient, he files a lawsuit against the fertility clinic that made the mistake. Matthew Hayes and Nico Swift went to the fertility clinic in Portland, Oregon and,...

• Property Owners Still Struggle with Measure 37

  Brad Brad | November 14, 2006 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Washington voters will decide Nov. 7 on one of those proposals, Initiative 933. Supporters and foes alike are pointing to Oregon's experience as they troll for votes.I came across this article which should be of interest to Washington voters as they vote on their own property-rights initiative. A recent article in Seattle Times about Measure 37, the property-rights initiative overwhelmingly...

• Drunk Driver Who Caused Automobile Accident Pleads Guilty

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2006 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  On December 21, 2004, a young woman got behind the wheel of her car drunk. While driving drunk she caused an accident killing a young man and seriously injurying his brother. On August 8, 2006, she pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in jail for her crimes and causing the drunk driving accident. The drunk driver's blood alcohol level was more than two times the legal limit in Oregon...

• Report Finds Heavy Toll From Medication Errors

  Staff Writer | August 08, 2006 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. The report is the fourth in a series done by the institute, the nation's most prestigious medical advisory organization, that has called attention to the enormous health and...

• Convention Helps Lawyers Win Cases For Injured

  Staff Writer | August 01, 2006 10:55 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The Oregon Trial Lawyer Convention will be held August 3-5, 2006 in Oregon. Jane Paulson and Charles Paulson are both past Presidents of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. The group helps protect the rights of those injured by drunk drivers, car accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, delayed diagnosis of cancer, trucking accidents, product liability and wrongful death.

• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association completes home

  Scott Hendison | July 27, 2006 7:28 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Wednesday July 26, 2006 will be the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association ("OTLA") last scheduled build day at the Portland Habitat for Humanity project in SE Portland. When she was President of OTLA, Jane Paulson wanted to help Habitat by contributing and raising funds from OTLA members to help build a Habitat home. Paulson raised $20,000 from OTLA members to help build the Chanocua's home. The...

• Why the Employer and Others are Responsible--Vicarious Liability

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2006 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Vicarious liability is liability which the law places on someone because of their relationship to the bad actor. The basic rationale is that when a bad actor is working for another within the course and scope of his employment, then the employer is benefitting from the bad actor's conduct and has to take the good with the bad. In most cases, the employer is not responsible for the conduct of an...