Student sues school — A teenager sexually abused by a high school teacher is seeking millions of dollars in a lawsuit filed against the school that employed the teacher. The complaint filed Tuesday on behalf of the 19-year-old woman asserts Western Mennonite School administrators hired Matthew Yoder despite a previous accusation of sexual abuse and continued to employ him amid concerns about his behavior with female students. Yoder, 32, was arrested in 2012. He pleaded guilty last year to three counts of sexual abuse and was sentenced to two years, eight months in prison. The state Department of Corrections said his earliest release date is in June 2016.

Woman’s brain tumor — An Oregon woman has sued a Portland hospital for $900,000, alleging that a brain tumor sample set aside for biopsy has been lost, leaving her uncertain about whether the tumor was cancerous. Catherine Stewart is seeking $100,000 in economic damages for past and future brain scans and possible surgery and $800,000 in noneconomic damages for emotional distress. She’s accusing Oregon Health & Science University of medical negligence. The Oregonian newspaper reports that hospital spokeswoman Tamara Hargens-Bradley declined comment about the lawsuit, filed recently in Multnomah County Circuit Court, citing federal privacy laws. Stewart’s lawyer, Robert Wagner, said the sample was collected in September 2013, when surgeons removed a brain tumor. He said his 64-year-old client has undergone brain scans twice a year to determine if the tumor has grown back and whether doctors will need to perform brain surgery again. It has not regrown, but Wagner said Stewart worries that it might — and that it might be cancerous.

Construction worker hurt — Firefighters said a construction worker who fell 25 feet off a ladder onto concrete was seriously injured in Gladstone. KPTV reports that fire crews said the 67-year-old man was working Tuesday on the Lake Oswego-Tigard Water Service Project to extend piping to and from the Willamette River. He reportedly fell onto a new concrete pad in a pit. A large piece of metal then fell on top of him. Gladstone and Clackamas fire crews used ropes to hoist the man out of the pit. Firefighters said he was conscious and alert when he was taken to Oregon Health & Science University for treatment.