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
Kafoury & McDougal filed two new lawsuits last week on behalf of a black shopper who said a Safeway employee called him the “N-word” and a couple who said Applebee’s tried to have them arrested after falsely accusing them of using a counterfeit bill. In the first lawsuit, Timothy Gary, 53, says he was buying champagne at Safeway in Lake … Continue reading
Brian Eason sat down at Elmer’s on December 16, 2014 to write Christmas cards. The waitress took his order then “demanded that he prepay for his meal.” The waitress explained that they had a few people leave without paying and her boss asked for prepayment. When ordering another drink, Eason was again asked to prepay. The waitress said, “I think … Continue reading
In August 2014, Barneys New York and Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan agreed to pay penalties of $525,000 and $650,000 respectively after the New York attorney general conducted monthslong investigations into repeated racial profiling complaints by shoppers. In the Barneys investigation, the attorney general found that security staff accused an overwhelming number of black and Latino customers of shoplifting and … Continue reading
A Multnomah County jury on June 2, 2014, awarded Brenda Moaning, an African American woman, $105,000 for battery and false arrest against retailer H&M. Ms. Moaning, a woman of great dignity, was shopping at H&M during their Clackamas Town Center grand opening in May of 2011. Below is a video from our Youtube page of the incident. As you can … Continue reading
A Multnomah County jury awarded $67,000 to Teresa White and Deante Strickland on November 21, 2012. The case involved an African American mother and son who were falsely arrested by Walgreens manager Wendy Marceau back in May of 2012. Marceau called the police and reported that there was a “theft in progress” and that Ms. White had “put 15 items … Continue reading
Two clerks and the manager of a Walgreen’s store accused Henry Peth of stealing batteries, and strip-searched him to his waist in the middle of the store. Peth was a member of a royal family of a tribe in Ghana, and an accusation of dishonesty in his homeland is a matter of great gravity. Thieves are paraded by the police … Continue reading
