From the Oregonian, July 2 2009 On the day Multnomah County commissioners awarded the county’s largest settlement ever to the family of a mentally ill man who died in police custody, the board voted to move forward with a mental health crisis center that some believe could have saved the man’s life. The crisis center […]
Editorial column by Steve Duin from The Oregonian, June 30 2009 Help me with this: How does Multnomah County conclude it is liable for $925,000 in collective damages in the death of James Chasse without establishing 10 cents of individual blame? Doesn’t the county’s decision to settle with the family guarantee that no one on […]
From The Oregonian, June 26 2009 Multnomah County is poised to pay its largest legal settlement, $925,000, to end its part in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought two and a half years ago by the family of James P. Chasse Jr. Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler said the settlement, which commissioners will vote on […]
JAMES P. CHASSE, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREYS, et al., Defendants No. CV-07-189-HU. (D. Or. Nov. 3, 2008) United States District Court, D. Oregon. Decided Nov. 3, 2008 Tom Steenson, STEENSON, SCHUMANN, TEWKSBURTY, CREIGHTON ROSE, P.C., Portland, Oregon, Attorney for Plaintiffs. James G. Rice, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, David A. Landrum, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, […]
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