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• Epilepsy Drug Linked To Birth Defects

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A new study solidifies beliefs that women of child-bearing age should avoid the epilepsy drug Depacon (valproate). Evidence showed that of 333 women followed, 20 percent of those taking Depacon suffered miscarriages or gave birth to babies with birth defects. Problems with three other drugs ranged from one to 11 percent. The study examined only women who took the epilepsy drugs from 199-2004,...

• Report Finds Heavy Toll From Medication Errors

  Staff Writer | August 08, 2006 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. The report is the fourth in a series done by the institute, the nation's most prestigious medical advisory organization, that has called attention to the enormous health and...

• Another Wrongful Death Case Involving Big Tobacco

  Staff Writer | August 04, 2006 8:37 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In another wrongful death case against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, the Oregon Court of Appeals threw out a $150 million verdict for the estate of Oregon woman Michelle Schwarz, who died of cancer at age 53 after smoking low-tar cigarettes. Attorneys for Schwarz claimed that the company had marketed its low-tar cigarettes as a safer alternative to regular cigarettes. Multnomah County...

• Oregon Wrongful Death Case Goes to Supreme Court

  Staff Writer | August 02, 2006 8:05 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A wrongful death case against Philip Morris USA that was upheld in the Oregon Supreme Court earlier in 2006 will go to the U.S. Supreme Court this fall. The case involved the family of Jesse D. Williams, who died of lung cancer in 1997 after smoking cigarettes since the 1950s. Williams was a janitor and smoked three packs of Marlboros a day. An Oregon jury awarded the Williams family $80...

• Convention Helps Lawyers Win Cases For Injured

  Staff Writer | August 01, 2006 10:55 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The Oregon Trial Lawyer Convention will be held August 3-5, 2006 in Oregon. Jane Paulson and Charles Paulson are both past Presidents of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. The group helps protect the rights of those injured by drunk drivers, car accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, delayed diagnosis of cancer, trucking accidents, product liability and wrongful death.

• Medication Error Lawsuit Settles

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  On July 26, 2006, our firm successfully concluded a case which involved both a medication error and medical malpractice. Our client was placed on Coumadin, a blood thinner, due to a rare clotting factor in her blood. Her doctor erred by taking her off the medication and she had a life-altering stroke, permanently disabling her.On April 29, 2005 Jane Doe sustained a massive stroke to the brain...

• Family Wins Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | July 28, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Five year old Alexis Hayes' cerebral palsy, lack of speech and need for a wheelchair came as a result of medical malpractice, an Ohio jury ruled last week. The jury awarded Hayes' family nearly $18 million for what they deemed was an anesthesiologist's error. The injuries occurred as Alexis was about to undergo surgery to remove a benign cyst on her neck.The hospital, which settled out of court...

• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association completes home

  Scott Hendison | July 27, 2006 7:28 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Wednesday July 26, 2006 will be the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association ("OTLA") last scheduled build day at the Portland Habitat for Humanity project in SE Portland. When she was President of OTLA, Jane Paulson wanted to help Habitat by contributing and raising funds from OTLA members to help build a Habitat home. Paulson raised $20,000 from OTLA members to help build the Chanocua's home. The...

• Dental Malpractice Verdict in Oregon

  Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Paulson Law firm has recieved a verdict for $600,000 in a claim last month against Willamette Dental. The damages awarded were for a lingual nerve injury. Our client's nerve was damaged during a routine wisdom tooth extraction, which left him with numbness and shooting, burning pain, a tingling sensation, and a throbbing pain in this tongue. He also experiences difficulty biting and using his...

• Oregon Wrongful Death Case Adjudicated

  Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 4:17 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that the Oregon state Constitution does not give a family the right to sue a company for negligence after there is a death in the workplace.Our court decided the case against two adult children and the mother of Felix Juarez. Juarez was fatally injured in 2000 when a backhoe bucket struck him at Windsor Island Mine, near Keizer. To read the entire story, see...