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Food Poisoning: Townsend Farms

Very pleased to be working with Bill Marler, aka @bmarler, of Seattle’s Marler Clark LLC on a food poisoning Hepatitis A contamination case against Townsend Farms to be filed here in Oregon. I’ve long been a fan of Bill’s work. When I told my family I would… Continue Reading →

Update: Career Education Corp files its appeal brief

For those interested, Career Education Corp and Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland filed their appeal brief in our long-running consumer fraud class action, Surrett v. Western Culinary Institute. The brief is long and technical. It focuses on things like arbitration clauses and class action procedure. If you’re really interested,… Continue Reading →

A Juror Speaks Out: More on Bixby v KBR

A follow up  on a recent post. Our story so far:  Judge Papak issued a comprehensive 63-page opinion on Friday affirming the jury verdict in favor of 12 Oregon Army National Guard veterans against KBR. The men were injured by sodium dichromate contamination, while providing security at a KBR… Continue Reading →