On October 13, 2022, a Multnomah County jury awarded several million dollars to two people who suffered physical and emotional injuries in a 2016 gas explosion in Portland, and assessed punitive damages of $4.6 million against Loy Clark Pipeline Co. Both plaintiffs were represented by Greg Kafoury and Mark McDougal of Portland. Firefighters responded after a natural gas explosion … Continue reading
Gregg Martin Jensen, a teacher at Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, was charged on May 5, 2014, with using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, and second degree sex abuse. Jensen was already facing charges of sexual abuse and encouraging child sex abuse. The question of civil liability arises whenever a predator emerges from an institution which … Continue reading
Over the last fifteen years, hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have come forward and demanded justice. Many victims were children, whose abuse dates back decades. Here in Oregon, these suits forced the Archdiocese of Portland to declare bankruptcy in April, 2007, after it paid out more than $50 million to a 175 victims. As part of … Continue reading
Sometimes health care practitioners, including doctors, take sexual advantage of their patients. People are often at their most vulnerable when being treated by a health care professional in an ambulance, while under anesthesia, or during physical examinations. A recent Oregonian story focuses on Dr. Frederick George Field, an anesthesiologist in the Dallas, who was indicted on August 3, 2011, for … Continue reading
Kudos to Oregonian columnist Steve Duin for reporting on Douglas County deputy district attorney Jodee Jackson’s extradition and prosecution of Tyler Lambie. Justice has finally been served. Lambie, the son of Milo Adventist Academy faculty, is now serving 6 months for sexually abusing a former student. Mr. Lambie was set to plead guilty to the charges back in 2007, but … Continue reading
