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
Traditionally, Americans have been people who understood their rights and enforced them. Civil trials are much more than a means to resolve disputes, they are a great stage upon which we play out and renew our commitment to individual freedom, dignity and justice. The jury is the most democratic of our institutions; and it is where ordinary people have the … Continue reading
In what may be the largest jury award in the history of Washington County, jurors in the courtroom of Judge Thomas Kohl on Wednesday night awarded $970,000 to Michael Wright, a former employee of the Northwest Regional ESD. Mr. Wright was represented by Jason and Gregory Kafoury of Kafoury & McDougal. The jury found that Wright was fired in retaliation … Continue reading
We represent seven women on claims that they were sexually abused by Frederick Field, M.D., an anesthesiologist at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles. Nineteen women have accused Dr. Field of molestation, and he has been indicted on charges involving 12 women. Our complaints allege that the highest-level officials at MCMC, including CEO Duane Francis and VP of Operations Diane … Continue reading
A former special education teacher at the Northwest Regional Education Service District has filed a $2 million lawsuit against his former employer. Michael Wright, who taught blind students, lost his job last September after officials said his teaching license had expired and he failed to renew it. Wright’s lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, claims the district retaliated against him for … Continue reading
College student Jason Elgin and a female friend fell asleep at their booth at Denny’s, exhausted from mid-term exams. To rouse him from slumber, Portland Police Officer Kevin Tully tossed Elgin to the floor, then zapped him twice with his taser, handcuffed him, and took him to jail. Staff and customers testified that Officer Tully’s description of the incident was … Continue reading
Christopher Tyler was born with a chromosomal defect which prevented his brain and body from developing normally. At 18, he was, in essence, a darling baby of 55 pounds, an affectionate, happy child, who during the day was in the care of the Multnomah Education Services District. He had a strict dietary regimen because he was always at risk of … Continue reading
The Willamette Week announced that American Medical Response (AMR) was their “Rogue of the Week” for “Sticking it to Sick People” in Multnomah County. AMR had the “audacity” (in the midst of high unemployment) to ask Multnomah County recently for a 12% rate increase in the fees they charge patients for ambulance transports. What the WW didn’t mention was Emergency Medical … Continue reading
