In the NEWS

The Oregonian | By Kristine de Leon | May 14, 2024 Thousands of Portland WinCo Foods shoppers may be in line for $200 apiece as part of a class-action settlement over allegations that the grocer improperly passed the city’s clean energy tax on to customers. The deadline to file a claim is July 9 but the wait for payment may be much longer. In January, WinCo agreed to pay $3.6 million to customers to settle a class-action suit that alleged

The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein | May 10, 2024 Tania Culver Humphrey, who alleged Mercy Corps failed to properly investigate her complaints that her father sexually abused her and others for years, has settled her suit against the global charity. Neither side disclosed the terms of the out-of-court settlement. “The matter has been resolved to the parties’ mutual satisfaction,” said Michael Fuller, one of Humphrey’s lawyers. A Mercy Corps spokesperson echoed that sentiment. “Mercy Corps and Ms. Culver Humphrey

The Oregonian | By Zane Sparling | May 03, 2024 Portland police Officer Curtis Brown failed to use less-lethal weapons or consider de-escalation tactics before fatally shooting a man experiencing a mental health crisis outside a Lloyd District motel, a jury ruled Friday. The Multnomah County Circuit Court jury awarded $1,030,661 to the parents of Michael Townsend after finding the city of Portland liable for negligence in the death of their son. Rachel Steven, Townsend’s young sister, said she hoped

The Oregonian | By Zane Sparling | March 08, 2024 The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative and a private security firm it hired face a pair of lawsuits over the allegedly chaotic conduct of a guard charged with stabbing a man outside a bottle and can redemption center in September. It’s the latest action against BottleDrop, which has faced heightened scrutiny over safety and livability concerns for years, including a lawsuit in 2021 over safety issues at its Delta Park site.

The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein | March 7, 2024 Tania Culver Humphrey, who alleges Mercy Corps failed to properly investigate her complaints that her father sexually abused her and others for years, seeks to amend her lawsuit to ask for up to $54 million in punitive damages against the global charity. On Thursday, her lawyer filed sworn declarations from a retired FBI profiler and a clinical psychologist to support her allegations that Mercy Corps acted “with malice” in its

The Oregonian | By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | February 26, 2024 Sam Adams, the former Portland mayor, longtime City Hall power broker and political lightning rod, will run for a seat on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, marking his third attempt at a comeback in recent years. “Way too much of the decision-making process at the county lacks focus, urgency, partnership and accountability,” Adams told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Monday. “I’m running to help fix this and I offer a

Willamette Week | By Sophie Peel | February 19, 2024 Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams is preparing to run for a seat on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. Adams, who served as Portland mayor from 2009 to 2013, last sought a political comeback when he ran for City Council in 2020. He hoped to resurrect a career that took him from being the longtime chief of staff to Mayor Vera Katz, to his own City Council seat, to being

ESPN | By Jeff Carlisle | February 12, 2024 A jury in Multnomah County, Oregon has awarded Génessis Alarcón, the estranged wife of Peru international midfielder Andy Polo, $600,000 in damages, after finding in a civil lawsuit that the former Portland Timber is liable for assault and battery against Alarcón. According to Michael Fuller, Alarcón’s attorney, the jury awarded Alarcón the maximum amount allowed, but his client may not be able to collect from Polo what she is now owed.

The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein | January 5, 2024 WinCo will pay $3.6 million to settle a class action suit that alleged the company misled thousands of customers into paying hidden surcharges on certain non-grocery goods. The settlement was reached during mediation before Oregon Senior Judge Henry Kantor and follows an $8.8 million payout from Safeway to settle a similar case. Portland customers who bought non-grocery items from WinCo after Nov. 25, 2018, and who submit timely claims are

New York Post | By Dean Balsamini | November 4, 2023 An Oregon man’s dogged search for the truth has left him nearly $1.4 million richer. Joshua Smith was forlorn when his feline sidekick, Frank, mysteriously disappeared. But Smith sported a Cheshire cat smile this week after a Multnomah County Circuit Court jury deliberated less than two hours before awarding him $1.375 million for the loss of his 3-year-old tabby, oregonlive.com reported. Smith had previously sued, claiming his landlord had