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Paricon, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 800 Children's Snow and Sand Castle Kits because the largest plastic castle block maker in the kit can crack at the handle during when being used, which creates sharp edges that pose a laceration hazard to children.The recall castle kit consists of three red plastic block makers. Only the largest block maker in the set is included in the...

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On Friday, the FDA alerted healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of certain models of an upgraded triple-channel volumetric infusion pump made by Colleague and Colleague CX. A software malfunction may sound an alarm in the device, showing an error code 16:310:867:0002, which will stop infusing.An electronic infusion pump delivers controlled amounts of medicine or other fluids to patients...

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced three more Chinese toy recalls. Children's jewelry sets were recalled because they contained lead, and a magnetic building set and plastic castles were recalled because they could be a choking hazard to children.Around 20,000 sets of Essentials for Kids Jewelry were recalled because they were found to have high levels of lead in them, which...

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When a fertility clinic mistakenly placed a client's sperm in the wrong woman, the man sued for the right to be called the baby's father. Trouble is, the law says he's nobody's daddy.After a man's sperm is used to inseminate the wrong patient, he files a lawsuit against the fertility clinic that made the mistake. Matthew Hayes and Nico Swift went to the fertility clinic in Portland, Oregon and,...

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Washington voters will decide Nov. 7 on one of those proposals, Initiative 933. Supporters and foes alike are pointing to Oregon's experience as they troll for votes.I came across this article which should be of interest to Washington voters as they vote on their own property-rights initiative. A recent article in Seattle Times about Measure 37, the property-rights initiative overwhelmingly...

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On December 21, 2004, a young woman got behind the wheel of her car drunk. While driving drunk she caused an accident killing a young man and seriously injurying his brother. On August 8, 2006, she pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in jail for her crimes and causing the drunk driving accident. The drunk driver's blood alcohol level was more than two times the legal limit in Oregon...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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Vicarious liability is liability which the law places on someone because of their relationship to the bad actor. The basic rationale is that when a bad actor is working for another within the course and scope of his employment, then the employer is benefitting from the bad actor's conduct and has to take the good with the bad. In most cases, the employer is not responsible for the conduct of an...

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Arbitration and mediation are forms of "alternative dispute resolution," meaning that they are alternatives to trying the case to a jury or to negotiating the case directly with the other side. Mediation is essentially a settlement negotiation with someone (the mediator) facilitating the negotiations. Neither side is required to do anything or to accept the mediator's suggestions. The...

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I have spoken with and represented a number of people who were injued on commercial premises like Fred Meyer, Albertson's, Home Depot, Burger King, and other stores, restaurants, and commercial properties. While most people think premises liability cases are a slam dunk, the law is actually rigged in favor of the premises owner and occupier.Oregon's law of premises liability follows the...

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In most auto accidents and in some premises injuries, no-fault insurance will come into play. A no-fault policy says it will pay when certain conditions are met, without regard to who is at fault for the injury. In Oregon, Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is part of the mandatory minimum auto insurance coverage. It pays the first $15,000.00 or first year of related and reasonable medical...

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The following information regarding defective products is brought to you as a public service by the lawyers of the State of Oregon. The material presented is general legal information intended to alert you to possible legal problems and solutions. If a defective product causes an accident that results in death, injury or property damage, the manufacturer, distributor, retailer, and lessor of the...

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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...

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