City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard LOCAL Client sues county after relationship A Eugene woman is suing Lane County, the county mental health division and a former mental health social worker, alleging that the social worker violated state law by engaging in a sexual relationship with her and that the county was negligent for failing to provide proper care for her. The lawsuit, filed by Christine Anne Keen, 35, seeks $60,000 in damages for counseling and medical expenses and $500,000 for emotional distress emotional distress n. an increasingly popular basis for a claim of damages in lawsuits for injury due to the negligence or intentional acts of another. Originally damages for emotional distress were only awardable in conjunction with damages for actual physical harm. that aggravated the psychological condition for which the county was treating her, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the lawsuit. The social worker, Hugh McCauley, was placed on administrative leave after the allegation surfaced last fall, said Al Levine, county mental health division manager. The state Board of Clinical Social Workers disciplined McCauley in March, imposing a six-month license suspension and three years of probation, according to board documents. No trial date has been set. Pet adoption Pet adoption usually refers to the process of taking guardianship of and responsibility for a pet that a previous owner has abandoned or otherwise abdicated responsibility for. events set for REI, shelter A pair of events this weekend in Eugene focus on reducing the number of animals in local shelters. Recreational Equipment Inc. will hold a pet adoption day Saturday, with all proceeds benefiting the Lane County Animal Regulation Authority. The event starts at noon and will be at REI's Eugene store, 306 Lawrence St. REI has made and donated special leashes available for free to anyone who adopts an animal during the event. The Greenhill Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of will have two "Adopt-A-Buddy" weekends - this Saturday and Sunday and again Aug. 3-4. Greenhill will waive the regular $60 adoption fee for altered, adult cats at least 5 years old. In return, the humane society requests a donation of cash, kitten milk replacement or premium-brand cat food. The agency also will offer two kittens for the price of one regular $85 fee during the two events. The humane society is located at 88530 Greenhill Road in Eugene. NORTHWEST Environmental sabotage law sought SALEM - Citing a growing threat of environmental vandalism, farm and timber groups backed a senator's call Thursday for new laws to crack down on radical environmentalists who resort to sabotage. Sen. Ted Ferrioli's legislation would lift the two-year statute of GLOUCESTER, STATUTE OF. An English statute, passed 6 Edw. I., A. D., 1278; so called, because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes made at Gloucester, which do not bear this name. See stat. 2 Rich. II. MARLEBRIDGE, STATUTE OF. limitation on prosecution of such crimes and add ``ecoterrorism'' to the list of crimes that can be prosecuted under Oregon's racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. laws. The John Day Republican, at a news conference, said the intent isn't to pursue environmentalists who engage in civil disobedience civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the but rather to go after those who destroy property. Oregon has become an ``epicenter'' of such actions, he said, citing incidents such as the firebombing Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire from a incendiary device, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs. of a Eugene car dealership, the torching of a timber company's regional office and the destruction of agricultural research projects. Kelly Townsend, a volunteer with the Eugene-based Cascadia Forest Defenders, said, ``If this ridiculous law passes, it could potentially be very stifling on people's free speech rights.'' He added that the law could be used against more ``above-ground'' environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. activists. |
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