Wrongful Death

• Oregon Wrongful Death Case Adjudicated

  Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 4:17 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that the Oregon state Constitution does not give a family the right to sue a company for negligence after there is a death in the workplace.Our court decided the case against two adult children and the mother of Felix Juarez. Juarez was fatally injured in 2000 when a backhoe bucket struck him at Windsor Island Mine, near Keizer. To read the entire story, see...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Still Possible For Worker's Family?

  Staff Writer | July 20, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In a case involving the family of Felix Juarez, a worker at the Windsor Island Mine who died from head injuries after being struck by a backhoe bucket, the Oregon Supreme Court rejected the workers' comp suit. The justices made a unanimous decision that the Oregon Constitution did not automatically give the family the right to sue a company for negligence that resulted in its worker's death....

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Group Home

  Staff Writer | July 14, 2006 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The family of an Alabama woman who died as a result of injuries suffered during an incident at an Alabama group home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. Martha Sue Hall had been transferred from a different home to Grand Haven Group Home only three days before her death. She suffered "significant and catastrophic injuries leading to her death," the suit alleges. The Mental...