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KGW.com, Jan. 22, 2014 Lawyers for Cayla Wilson, a pregnant Gresham woman who was severely brain damaged when a drugged-out driver slammed into her car on Apr. 15, 2010, are suing the City of Portland and Clackamas County for $42 million in damages on behalf of their client. Wilson, who was 19 years old at […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Oct. 2, 2013 Will Aitchison, the longtime (and now retired) attorney for the Portland Police Association (PPA), was known for many things over the decades he spent defending his client in contract talks, court fights, government hearings, and arbitration cases. He’s sharp-tongued. He’s deft with explanations. He’s disarmingly charming. […]
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, July 30, 2013 A 27-year-old man who won a $306,000 jury verdict last year after Portland police beat him and then unlawfully arrested him has agreed to a carefully worded settlement to receive his check. READ – Gallagher Smith v. City of Portland Settlement Documents (PDF, 28KB) Gallagher Smith was stunned […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 8, 2013 Portland police disciplined for using excessive force would not be able to challenge the discipline before a state arbitrator, under a bill that will have a hearing before state lawmakers on Wednesday. State Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, has sponsored the bill, at the request of Portland attorneys […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 7, 2013 A Multnomah County inmate, who is now quadriplegic after jumping from a second-floor tier of the downtown Portland jail and landing head first, alleges the county and jail staff were negligent, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Lawyers for Westley Wilson, 29, who was in custody […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 8, 2012 Attorneys, community activists and mental health providers filled Portland City Council chambers Thursday to voice concerns about the city’s pending agreement with federal justice officials on police reforms. Many argued that until an independent civilian panel with subpoena powers is created with the authority to investigate alleged […]
By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian , Feb. 9, 2012 The families of two women murdered by an off-duty Clackamas County sheriff’s sergeant filed an $8 million lawsuit Thursday, alleging that the county, Sheriff Craig Roberts and two of his top aides knew the man was dangerously unstable but failed to intervene. Roberts and other defendants […]
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