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The Oregonian | By Ryan Clarke | March 01, 2022 The estranged wife of former Portland Timbers player Andy Polo is taking her allegations of domestic violence to federal court, filing a domestic violence lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on Tuesday night. According to a draft of the complaint obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive, Génessis Alarcón is claiming assault, battery and negligence by Polo stemming from an incident on May 23, when Washington County sheriff’s deputies reported to

The Oregonian | By Mike Rogoway | February 28, 2022 An Oregon court settlement is preparing to begin paying out up to $200 to people who bought vapes that were improperly labeled as 100% marijuana. Portland-based Cura Cannabis agreed to pay a $110,000 “dishonest conduct” penalty in a January 2020 settlement with Oregon marijuana regulators. The company’s former owners then agreed last year to a separate, $500,000 class-action settlement to people who bought the Select brand marijuana vapes. The case

The Oregonian | By Zane Sparling | February 17, 2022 The family of a man fatally shot by Portland police last year have filed a lawsuit to push city officials to dispatch trained mental health responders to those in behavioral crisis, instead of sending armed officers. The suit was filed Friday on behalf of Rachel Steven, the sister of Michael Ray Townsend. Portland Officer Curtis Brown shot and killed Townsend on June 24 after Townsend advanced on police while carrying

Willamette Week | By Sophie Peel | January 6, 2022 One of 13 people who have sued Curaleaf over its THC-laced CBD drops has publicly settled with the Massachusetts-based cannabis company. Ayuba Agbonkhese, 45, agreed to the company’s $50,000 settlement offer on Wednesday. Curaleaf has settled 10 of the 13 cases, but this is the first settlement where terms were publicly announced. Agbonkhese, who lives in Idaho, allegedly fell ill after taking the drops he bought in Oregon in September

The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein | December 20, 2021 The former Forest Grove officer accused of criminal mischief after a resident reported he stumbled while off-duty into her family’s driveway early Halloween morning 2020, banged on their Black Lives Matter flag and kicked at their front door has settled a civil lawsuit in an unusual fashion. Steven Teets apologized to the homeowner, Mirella Castaneda, and has agreed to relinquish his police certification and meet face-to-face with Castaneda before a

Oregon Public Broadcasting | By April Ehrlich | December 12, 2021 A mix-up involving CBD and THC products sold in Oregon has so far led to nine lawsuits filed against Curaleaf Holdings. A tenth lawsuit involving a wrongful death complaint tied to the confusion of the two cannabis compounds is on its way. Portland attorney Michael Fuller — who is representing all claimants in these suits — says his clients experienced confusion, dizziness, fear of death, and psychosis after they

The Oregonian | By Catalina Gaitan | December 09, 2021 A woman is suing the city of Portland for $10,000, claiming tear gas deployed by police during summer 2020 demonstrations caused lasting damage to her menstrual health. Michael Fuller, an attorney representing 41-year-old Lanora Vasquez, filed the civil rights complaint Sunday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The lawsuit requests a jury trial, up to $10,000 and a judgement that the city was negligent in its use of tear gas. Fuller

The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein | December 07, 2021 Self-proclaimed Proud Boy Alan J. Swinney on Tuesday admitted to assaulting a woman during an August 2020 protest in downtown Portland as part of a civil settlement but won’t have to pay the agreed-upon $250,000 in damages. Swinney accepted the settlement as the second day of jury selection was about to proceed for his civil trial in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The case stemmed from Megan McLain’s allegations that Swinney

The Oregonian | By The Associated Press | December 06, 2021 The Legislature’s former workplace watchdog, tasked with fielding complaints of harassment at the state Capitol, says he was pushed out in June for revealing flaws in the Legislative Equity Office and is now threatening to sue the Legislature and top lawmakers for retaliation. Attorneys for Nate Monson, the former legislative equity officer, say they are prepared to reveal more if state leaders don’t settle before they file suit, OPB

Newsweek | By Fatma Khaled | November 5, 2021 A Portland, Oregon, landlord reportedly pleaded guilty on Thursday to pulling a gun on a Black tenant whom he called the n-word. The August 2020 incident caught on video showed Leon Drennan using racial slurs and pointing a handgun at Torrance Hunter, a resident at the Stewart Hotel in downtown Portland, local news station KTVB reported. Drennan owned the hotel at that time. During the Thursday hearing at Multnomah County Circuit