When someone is harmed by the negligent conduct of another, our civil justice system allows them to recover damages. These damages can include economic damages for things like medical bills and lost wages, and noneconomic damages for losses that are harder to...
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Civil Litigation
Women’s and Civil Rights Groups File Briefs
Professor Jennifer Freyd A group of 47 women’s and civil rights groups, including Equal Rights Advocates, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, and the National Women’s Law Center, filed a brief in support of our client, Professor Jennifer Freyd, and her equal pay case...
Leo Soell Finally Feels Safe at Work
Johnson Johnson & Schaller Client Leo Seoll finally feels safe at work. The Oregonian reports, “The Gresham-Barlow School District has agreed to pay $60,000 and make sweeping changes across its nearly two dozen campuses after a transgender elementary school...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Oregon Ban on Same Sex Marriage
Today, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane ruled that Oregon’s exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional—paving the way for couples to begin marrying immediately. Jennifer Middleton (Johnson, Johnson & Schaller, PC), argued the ban was...
Oso Landslide Under Investigation
Johnson Johnson & Schaller has teamed with Washington attorney Corrie Yackulic to represent families injured and killed in the OSO landslide in Washington. Dozens of people lost their lives, and families have been devastated, by the terrible mudslide in March. The...
Oral Argument on Oregon’s Gay Marriage Ban on April 23
On Wednesday, April 23, at 1:30, Judge Michael McShane will hear oral arguments in Rummell v. Kitzhaber. Jennifer Middleton of Johnson Johnson & Schaller will argue on behalf of the Plaintiffs that Oregon’s ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional. For more...
How to Protect Elderly Parents from Financial Abuse
It can come as a shock when your elderly mother calls to confess that she just purchased a $10,000 vacuum cleaner from the nice young man who came to her door. It takes just a few hours for her to realize that she has made a mistake, and now she is calling you to ask...