On June 6, 2017, Jay Hoffmeister, a former client of Kafoury & McDougal, stood before lawmakers in Salem in support of House Bill 2712 (HB 2712), which would require domestic violence prevention policies to be adopted by all police departments in Oregon. Memories of the tragic 2010 case in which Sgt. Jeffery Grahn turned a gun on his wife, Charlotte, and … Continue reading
Portland Police officers attacked a mother at a wedding, beating and stripping her nude to her waist in front of her family, the mother claims in a lawsuit claiming battery and police brutality filed by Kafoury & McDougal. Jessica Stradley was at a wedding with her husband and six-year-old daughter when another attendee falsely accused her of stealing her wallet. … Continue reading
A 35-year-old father of three suffered brain injuries and a crushed skull when he was pulled into a faulty woodchipper head-first. The machine lacked basic safety functions like an automatic shut-off, the man claims in a $16.7 million lawsuit. Noly Chouinard was pruning trees at work and grinding the limbs in a wood chipper when a rope on the ground … Continue reading
The former principal of Deep Creek Elementary School sexually abused two girls for years, the girls claim in a $20 million lawsuit filed by Kafoury & McDougal. The principal, Jeff Hays, is still running a school in spite of an ongoing criminal investigation into the girls’ allegations. The girls say Hays abused them dozens of times in his office at … Continue reading
A nursing assistant who is serving a 25-year sentence for sexually abusing elderly women may have assaulted many more women than have already come forward, now that allegations have surfaced that he also abused women at his former employer West Hills Health Rehabilitation Center. Kafoury & McDougal has already brought a lawsuit on behalf of 4 women against Providence … Continue reading
The criminal proceedings in the sexual abuse case against Adeladilew Mekonen came to a close last week, resulting in a 25-year sentence for the former Providence St. Vincent nursing assistant. Mekonen, who was arrested in September, was indicted on 28 charges relating to the sexual abuse of a dozen former patients. Despite previous allegations against the nurse dating back to June 2016, … Continue reading
Alex Matthew Woolner, a former Kaiser Permanente nurse, pled guilty to multiple criminal charges including invasion of privacy and sexual abuse. He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for sexually abusing five young women between the ages of 18 and 20 who were patients of Woolner last year. Kafoury and Mcdougal represents eight of Woolner’s victims, … Continue reading
Women and men who frequent tanning salons expect that their dignity and right to privacy will be honored during their visits. However, twice in recent years, women have filed lawsuits against a Tigard tanning salon that exposed them to passers-by. In K&M’s case, Renee Baker has filed a lawsuit against Palm Beach Tan after Baker disrobed and found out that … Continue reading
A Providence St. Vincent certified nursing assistant has been charged with raping an 87-year-old woman in early September, 2016. The CNA, Adeladilew A. Mekonen, has reportedly confessed his guilt. Washington County Sheriffs report that a number of other victims now have come forward. In June, a 94-year-old woman accused Mekonen, 34, of sexually molesting her. The hospital briefly put Mekonen … Continue reading
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has launched an extensive study, spearheaded by a core group of reporters and staff, into the increasingly pervasive problem facing our health care system: sex abuse committed by medical professionals on the patients who trust them. Taking into account a multitude of public records spanning the past 16 years, the AJC has published a series of articles, … Continue reading
