Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

This case was filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, 23CV18653, and was removed to federal court by Allstate Indemnity Company.

Oregon Supreme Court Confirms First Party Insurance Bad Faith in Oregon. After decades of dispute by lower courts, the ... More...    $0 (03-21-2024 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. employee benefits.

This case, alleging claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISAâ€�), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., comes before the Court on cross-motions filed by Defendant PacificSource Health Plans (“PacificSourceâ€�), ECF No. 38; by Defenda... More...    $0 (09-28-2023 - OR)

Eugeme, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory.

Plaintiff Nathan Mehl is a resident of Eugene, Oregon.

Plaintiff brought claims for strict products liability, negligence, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, and for punitive damages. Defendant LG Chem moved to dismiss on the ground that this Court lacked... More...    $0 (09-22-2023 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.


Sosa was injured by an uninsured motorist while driving a vehicle he owned that was covered by a State Farm policy. State Farm paid out to Sosa the maximum damages available under that policy. Sosa, however, also holds State Farm policies insuring... More...    $0 (09-22-2023 - OR)

Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on negligence theories.

Oregon follows a modified comparative negligence system when it comes to personal injury cases. This means that a plaintiff can still recover damages even if they are partially at fault for their own injuries, as long as their fault is less than or equal to the combined fault of the d... More...    $0 (07-25-2023 - OR)

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with boobytrapping of a home that injured an FBI bomb technician.

On September 7, 2018, bomb technicians from Oregon State Police (OSP) and the FBI went to a property in Williams formerly owned by Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 71, a former resident of Williams, Oregon, that he had lost in lawsuit. After Rodvelt learned that a re... More...    $0 (06-06-2023 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $950,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s claim.

This case was filed in the Linn County Circuit Court, 22CV14785, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
... More...    $1 (11-08-2022 - OR)

Portland, Oregon civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.


After plaintiff filed this class-action complaint against defendants in the trial court, defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration. The trial court granted the motion. Plaintiff appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Gist v. Zoan Management, Inc., 305 Or.App... More...    $0 (07-08-2022 - OR)

Portland, Oregon insurance lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.... More...    $0 (02-16-2022 - OR)

Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming $200,000 in damages.... More...    $1 (01-03-2022 - OR)

Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s claim.

This case was initially filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, 20CV27490, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

The claims mad... More...    $0 (12-01-2021 - OR)

Portland, OR: Insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contra
ct theory claiming damages in excess of $2 million as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s claim.

This case was initially filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, 19CV42752
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 20-35822, and was removed to federa... More...    $0 (08-28-2021 - OR)

Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming $315,000 in damages as a result of the breach.... More...    $0 (08-09-2021 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Susan Tranberg, 62, of Eugene, Oregon, who was for defrauding her former employer, the Weyerhaeuser Company, out of more than $4.5 million.

Beginning as early as June 2004 and continuing to January 2019, Tranberg defrauded Weyerhaeuser out of more than $4.5 million by submitting fraudulent invoices for payment to ... More...    $0 (04-19-2021 - OR)

Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, Amy Degon, who sued USAA Casualty Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.

This case was filed in the Clackamas County Circuit Court, 19cv24467, and was removed to federal court.... More...    $1 (03-30-2021 - OR)

Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Douglas Edwards and Cindy Edwards, who sued Cincinnati Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract claiming more than $75,000 in damages as a result of the breach.

This case was filed in the Yamhill County Circuit Court, 19CV34834 and was removed to federal court.

... More...    $0 (03-03-2021 - OR)

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Plaintiff is a licensed electrician who previously
worked for defendant, Nike, Inc., in its maintenance department.
Defendant fired plaintiff after he used one of defendant’s
on-site basketball courts at a prohibited time. In
response, plaintiff sued defendant for, among other things,
statutory safety complaint and whistleblower retaliation.
Plaintiff alleged that defendant... More...    $0 (01-31-2018 - OR)

The issue presented is whether an adult foster care
provider claiming unjust enrichment may recover the reasonable
value of its services from a defendant who, through
fraud, obtained a lower rate from the provider for the services.
We conclude that, generally, a defendant who obtains
discounted services as a result of fraud is unjustly enriched
to the extent of the reasonab... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - OR)

Defendants David Soyster, Joy Soyster, and James
Idle appeal from a general judgment granting declaratory
relief to plaintiff Macadam Bay Homeowners Association
(Macadam Bay). On appeal, defendants assign error to the
trial court’s grant of Macadam Bay’s motion for summary
judgment. Defendants contend that the trial court incorrectly
concluded, as a matter of law, that defe... More...    $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

In this wage-claim case, defendant appeals the
trial court’s award of attorney fees under ORS 652.200(2)
and ORS 652.615. Plaintiff was a commercial truck driver
who sued defendant, his former employer, for failing to pay
wages that it owed plaintiff, and for withholding a small
sum from his paycheck, albeit with his consent. The trial
court transferred plaintiff’s case to ... More...    $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

After suffering permanent brain damage from a
stroke, plaintiff Joseph Smith brought this medical negligence
action, alleging that, because doctors had not taken
proper steps to follow up on his complaints of stroke symptoms,
he lost a chance for treatment that, in one-third of
cases, provides a patient with no or reduced complications
following the stroke. Reviewing the co... More...    $0 (05-11-2017 - OR)

Salem, OR - Dr. Kristian Ferry sued McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center on breach of contract and defamation theories claiming to have been damaged as a direct result of for being terminated in 2015.

The Defendants denied wrongdoing and asserted truth in their defense on the libel claim.... More...    $158333 (05-07-2017 - OR)

Claimant was injured while working for Wend
Magazine in part as an unpaid intern and in part on commission.
Because Wend was a noncomplying employer, the
Workers’ Compensation Board reasoned that it could not
determine a weekly wage for claimant, and it therefore
awarded her the statutory minimum temporary disability
benefit of $50 per week. See ORS 656.210 (specifications<... More...    $0 (04-09-2017 - OR)

Petitioner appeals a judgment denying post-conviction
relief. He assigns error to the trial court’s dismissal, by way
of summary judgment, of his claim based on criminal trial
counsel’s failure to challenge the giving of a “natural and
probable consequences” uniform jury instruction identical
to that which the Oregon Supreme Court later disapproved
in State v. Lopez-Minjare... More...    $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

This case involves an insurance dispute between
plaintiffs and defendant, Allstate Property and Casualty
Insurance Company (Allstate). After a theft at their home,
plaintiffs filed claims with Allstate, their insurance carrier,
under two policies. More than two years after the loss,
Allstate denied coverage for the loss and plaintiffs brought
an action against Allstate rela... More...    $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

Marshall Johnson is the beneficiary of a right to
periodic payments under a structured settlement agreement.
Petitioner J. G. Wentworth Originators, LLC (J. G.
Wentworth) brought this special proceeding under ORS
33.857 to 33.875 (2005),1 seeking to purchase at a discount
Johnson’s right to one future annuity payment and a portion
of a future lump sum payment. The trial cou... More...    $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

Plaintiffs Neal and Nancy Kaste operate a dairy
farm in Tillamook County, and contracted with defendant,
Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC, to provide them with feed
for their dairy cows. That feed sickened a number of plaintiffs’
cows and killed others, causing plaintiffs to incur veterinary
expenses to care for the cows as well as other losses.
Plaintiffs sued defendant, alleg... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - OR)

This appeal concerns the application of the statute
of limitations to a complaint for medical malpractice involving
newly added defendants. Plaintiff alleged that negligent
treatment of low sodium levels in his blood serum caused
him to develop a neurological disorder, central pontine
myelinolysis (CPM). Invoking ORCP 21 A(9),1 defendants
moved to dismiss the complaint as b... More...    $0 (03-15-2017 - OR)

Plaintiff, who prevailed on appeal, petitions for
an award of $624,561.02 in attorney fees and $46,758.35
in costs. Defendant Safeco Insurance Company of Oregon
(defendant) raises four objections to plaintiff’s petitions, contending
that plaintiff is not entitled to an award of attorney
fees and, in all events, that three components of his fee and
cost requests should be de... More...    $0 (03-22-2017 - OR)

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant
seeks judicial review of a final order by the Director of the
Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS)
denying claimant’s request for attorney fees and penalties
against insurer, Liberty Northwest (Liberty). Claimant
sought sanctions after Liberty failed to timely deliver payment
on his workers’ compensation claim, whi... More...    $0 (03-29-2017 - OR)

Auto insurers in Oregon must provide personal
injury protection (PIP) benefits to their insureds for certain
automotive injury-related expenses, regardless of who is at
fault in an accident. ORS 742.520(1). The PIP medical benefits
at issue in this case “consist of the following payments for
the injury or death of each person” covered: “All reasonable
and necessary expenses... More...    $0 (02-16-2017 - OR)

Oregon requires that foreign corporations doing
business in this state appoint a registered agent to receive
service of process. ORS 60.731(1).1 The primary question
that this case presents is whether, by appointing a registered
agent in Oregon, defendant (a foreign corporation)
impliedly consented to general jurisdiction here—that is,
whether defendant consented to have Or... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - OR)

The primary question in this case is whether the
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits
Oregon to exercise general jurisdiction over an interstate
railroad for claims unrelated to the railroad’s activities in
this state. The trial court ruled that it could exercise general
jurisdiction over the railroad and denied the railroad’s
motion to dismiss plaintiff’s... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - OR)

Portland, OR - Jury Acquits Ammon Bundy and Others On Federal Conspiracy Charges

The United States of America charged Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Kenneth Medenbach, David Fry and others on conspiracy and other charges relating to occuption of Oregon's Malheur National Wiildlire Refuge for 41 days in January and February, 2016.


Docket Entries for October 2016:

Date File... More...    $0 (10-28-2016 - OR)

Portland, OR - Milwaukie Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing from his Disabled Cousin

The former legal guardian for his cognitively disabled cousin, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for stealing more than $570,000 in annuity payments that were intended for the cousin’s care. Michael R. Braun, 68, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown for his commission of wire fra... More...    $0 (08-15-2016 - OR)

The Brownstone Homes Condominium Association discovered defects in the construction of its 26-building condominium complex, including wood decay, flashing delamination, and water penetration. In consequence, Brownstone initiated a negligence action against the general contractor who built the complex, as well as one of its subcontractors, A&T Siding. Brownstone estimated that A&T’s share of the co... More...    $0 (10-09-2015 - OR)