Police in Oregon have arrested Daniel Clarence Clarey, a 54-year-old trucker, for the death of another truck driver, 52-year-old Kelly Linhart. The truck accident occurred last Thursday on the Siskiyou Summit. Clarey has been charged with driving under the influence and possession of methamphetamine, as well as negligent homicide. According…
In Oregon, the woman accused of hitting 18-year-old runner Chelsee Jean Caskey with her motor vehicle during the Hood to Coast Relay on Friday has been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. Police arrested 20-year-old Rainier resident Chrystal Marie Meyer on Sunday and took her to Multnomah County…
The family of a woman who drowned at the Astoria Aquatic Center in June 2007 is expected to settle their wrongful death lawsuit with the Oregon city of Astoria out of court. Jung Min Kim, 34, was found unconscious at the bottom of the center’s lap pool on June 6,…
In the Rhododendron community near Mt. Hood, 14 people sustained injuries on Sunday afternoon in an accident along Highway 26. Oregon State Police say the three-vehicle crash happened when a Toyota Tundra pickup truck that was going eastbound merged into the westbound lane. It struck a Chevrolet towing a horse…
The estate of Bend man Stephen Brenn is suing orthopedic surgeon Dr. Anthony Hinz for almost $10 million for Brenn’s wrongful death. The lawsuit has gone to trial. Brenn died in 2006. The complaint accuses Hinz of negligence when he performed elective ankle surgery on Brenn. Brenn died just hours…
In the wake of last year’s mass recalls of 45 million toys and other products due to the potential hazard they could pose to children, both the US Senate and the House of Representatives have approved a bill banning lead and six kinds of phthalates in products made for kids…
The State of Oregon, two of its employees, and SUV driver Joseph Paul Merris have been named defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit seeking over $3.4 million in financial compensation. Delno Williams, the father of 18-year-old psychiatric patient Heather Williams, filed the lawsuit in Umatilla County Circuit Court. Heather died…