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• Oregon Sues Insurers for Bad Faith and More

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Three Oregon pension funds are suing their insurers and brokers for nearly $4 million, charging they were misled for years to buy employee crime insurance that the carriers wouldn't honor when a major claim arose. The suit--which alleges fraud, bad faith, breach of contract, misrepresentation, negligence and deceptive contract change by the carriers and brokers--could have a major effect on the...

• Pedestrian Accidents - An In-Depth Look

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In May The Honolulu Advisor published a special report on pedestrian accidents:Every day on average, one or two people get hit by a car as they're walking on a street somewhere on O'ahu. Most of the accidents occur in a six-mile long area between Kapahulu and Kalihi. Pedestrians use the crosswalk at King Street and Fort Street Mall in downtown Honolulu, an area prone to pedestrian accidents....

• Motorcycle Accidents Increase

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A middle-aged Canadian man died on Labor Day when his motorcycle struck a car near the Oregon coast. In Central Oregon, a middle-aged couple from Aloha suffered injuries when their Harley Davidson collided with a Jeep.The incidents were the latest in what has become a sharp, if little-noticed, rise in the number of motorcycle accidents in Oregon.More than 550 motorcyclists were killed or injured...

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  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

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