Oregon Intentional Interference with Contractual relations Law
Ryan Corbridge v. Encompass Indemnity Company
Portland, Oregon, insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Oregon bad faith insurance law has significantly evolved, particularly with the 2023 Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union decision, which allows policyholders to sue insurers for certain unfair claims handling practices under a common law negligence claim. T... More...
$1 (10-28-2025 - OR)In the Matter of the Mariage of Jason James Gist and Jodie Anne Gist
<h2><br> Grants Pass, Oregon family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> In this domestic relations proceeding, father appeals from a judgment awarding mother sole legal custody of their two minor children arising out of his motion to modify a previous custody judgment. Advancing seven assignments of error, father argues the trial court erred by (1) isolating one fa... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - OR)City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et al.
<h2><br> Grants Pass, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued claiming that Defendant's city ordinances violated their constitutional rights by prohibiting camping on public property.<br> </h2><br> <br> Grants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Like many local governments across the Nation, G... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - OR)State of Oregon v. Christina Gale Dixon
Oregon City, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with custodial interference and criminal mistreatment for refusing doctor's orders and interfering with her care.<br> <br> Christina Dixon, age 39, tried to treat her daughter's liver cancer with CBD oil.<br> <br> Doctors wanted to remove the cancerous tumor. Instead, prosecutors claim Dixon ignored a state order to bri... More...
$0 (02-27-2024 - OR)Alana Marie Souza, et al. v. Brick House, Inc.
Eugene, Oregon intellectual property lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a 15 U.S.C. 1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory.<br> <br> 15 U.S.C. 1125 provides:<br> <br> (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any... More...
$0 (12-10-2023 - OR)Jose Casiano Sosa v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Eugene, Oregon insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. <br> <br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Dustin Lee Henderson
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes.<br> <br> Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and il... More...
$0 (04-28-2022 - Or)United States of America v. Royce Francis Speedis
Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a semi-automatic pistol and distributing methamphetamine.<br> <br> Royce Francis Speedis, 34, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release.<br> <br> In early March 2019, Royce Francis Speedis, age 34 and co-defendant Lavella Ruth Thompson, 28, also of Pendleton, a... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Jody Tremayne Wafer
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"><br> </center><br> Portland, OR - Houston Man Pleads Guilty for Leading Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy<br> <br> Jody Tremayne Wafer, 30, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty for organizing and leading a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas.<br> <br> According to court documents, d... More...
$0 (10-04-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Andre Eugene Shaw
Portland, OR - Portland Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Federal Prison for Extorting Child Pornographers<br> <br> Andre Eugene Shaw, 34, of Portland, was sentenced on September 6, 2018 to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extorting child pornographers for money and services.<br> <br> Shaw previously pleaded guilty to extortion, transmitting extortionate c... More...
$0 (09-09-2018 - OR)Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon
Father appeals from the trial court’s supplemental judgment awarding sole custody of their minor child, T, to mother and modifying parenting time provisions of a 2006 stipulated judgment. Prior to the supplemental judgment, father was T’s legal custodian, and a general parenting-time plan provided for equal parenting time. Father first assigns error to the trial court’s determination that th... More...
$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon
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 remaini... More...
$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)Angela Johnson Musa v. Dr. Carrie Miles and Dr. Joseph Elia
This appeal involves a dispute over attorney fees in an action on an automobile insurance policy. Plaintiff sued defendant for personal injury protection (PIP) and uninsured motorist (UM) benefits under his automobile insurance policy with defendant after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an uninsured driver. The only issues remaining in the case after court-annexed arbitration and ... More...
$0 (07-16-2018 - OR)Matthew J. Mason v. BCK Corporation
Plaintiff appeals from a limited judgment that, on a motion for summary judgment, dismissed his liquor liability claim against defendant BCK Corporation, the operator of Duffy’s Irish Pub. Plaintiff had alleged that defendant had overserved Mullenix while she was visibly intoxicated and that he was later injured while a passenger in a car that Mullenix drove. Defendant sought summary judgment, a... More...
$0 (07-16-2018 - OR)Jennifer Wheeler v. Safeway, Inc. <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> Helping People Find You On The Internet <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Eugene, OR - Jennifer Wheeler sued Safeway, Inc. on a personal injury negligence theory.<br> <br> The Complaint filed by Ms. Wheeler stated in part:<br> <br> For Plaintiff Jenna Wheeler’s claims for relief against Defendant Safeway, Inc., Plaintiff states:<br> Parties<br> 1. <br> <br> Defendant Safeway, Inc., is a foreign corporation incorporated in Delaware and with its prin... More...
$0 (05-09-2018 - OR)Douglas Ossanna v. Nike, Inc.
Plaintiff is a licensed electrician who previously<br> worked for defendant, Nike, Inc., in its maintenance department.<br> Defendant fired plaintiff after he used one of defendant’s<br> on-site basketball courts at a prohibited time. In<br> response, plaintiff sued defendant for, among other things,<br> statutory safety complaint and whistleblower retaliation.<br> Plaintiff alleged that defenda... More...
$0 (01-31-2018 - OR)Robert Law v. Ronald Zemp
This review proceeding arises out of a post-judgment<br> order charging a judgment debtor’s interests in four limited<br> partnerships and a limited liability company to satisfy the<br> judgment creditor’s judgment against him. The charging<br> order was issued over the limited partnerships’ and limited<br> liability company’s objections that ancillary provisions<br> included in the chargi... More...
$0 (01-11-2018 - OR)Martin Allen Johnson v. Jeff Premo
In a two-phased jury trial, petitioner was convicted<br> of aggravated murder and sentenced to death for killing<br> a fifteen-year-old girl, HF. The state’s theory of the case<br> was that petitioner had killed HF intentionally in furtherance<br> of, or in an effort to conceal, the commission of sexual<br> offenses against her. This court affirmed his convictions and<br> sentence. State v. John... More...
$0 (08-03-2017 - OR)Larisa's Home Care, LLC v. Karen Nichols-Sheilds
The issue presented is whether an adult foster care<br> provider claiming unjust enrichment may recover the reasonable<br> value of its services from a defendant who, through<br> fraud, obtained a lower rate from the provider for the services.<br> We conclude that, generally, a defendant who obtains<br> discounted services as a result of fraud is unjustly enriched<br> to the extent of the reasonab... More...
$0 (11-09-2017 - OR)United States of America v. Michael Leeper
Portland, OR - Former Columbia Sportswear Information Technology Employee Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusions<br> <br> Michael Leeper, 41, of Tigard, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear Company’s network without authorization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030.<br> <br> From May 2000 to February 2014, Leeper was employed by Co... More...
$0 (09-09-2017 - Or)Macadam Bay Homeowners Association v. David Soyster, Joy Soyster and James Idle
Defendants David Soyster, Joy Soyster, and James<br> Idle appeal from a general judgment granting declaratory<br> relief to plaintiff Macadam Bay Homeowners Association<br> (Macadam Bay). On appeal, defendants assign error to the<br> trial court’s grant of Macadam Bay’s motion for summary<br> judgment. Defendants contend that the trial court incorrectly<br> concluded, as a matter of law, that ... More...
$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)Liberty Ann Jones v. Scott V. Mears
Husband appeals a supplemental judgment entered<br> in February 2015 that modified his child support obligation.<br> On appeal, husband argues that the trial court erred<br> in imputing to him potential income of $80,000. Because<br> we conclude that husband invited that purported error, we<br> affirm.<br> Husband and wife have one child. In 2013, husband<br> moved to modify his child support obli... More...
$0 (06-01-2017 - Or)In the Matter of the Compensation of Barbara J. DeBoard, Claimant
Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’<br> Compensation Board that upheld employer’s denials of her<br> claim that employer add to her accepted 2012 injury claim<br> the new or omitted condition of disc “protrusions” in the<br> thoracic spine. The board adopted the determination of the<br> Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that claimant’s undisputed<br> disc pathology of the thor... More...
$0 (05-24-2017 - OR)Joseph L. Smith v. Providence Health & Services - Oregon d/b/a Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Providence Medical Group, et al.
After suffering permanent brain damage from a<br> stroke, plaintiff Joseph Smith brought this medical negligence<br> action, alleging that, because doctors had not taken<br> proper steps to follow up on his complaints of stroke symptoms,<br> he lost a chance for treatment that, in one-third of<br> cases, provides a patient with no or reduced complications<br> following the stroke. Reviewing the co... More...
$0 (05-11-2017 - OR)Veronica Hernandez-Nolt v. Washington County
In this wrongful discharge case, plaintiff appeals<br> the trial court’s judgment in favor of plaintiff’s former<br> employer, defendant Washington County.1 Plaintiff asserts<br> that the trial court erred when it granted a directed verdict<br> to the county based on its conclusion that plaintiff was<br> not fulfilling an important public duty, which is a required<br> element of a wrongful dis... More...
$0 (02-08-2017 - OR)Lanny Earl Brenner v. Mark Nooth
Defendant Mark Nooth, superintendent of the<br> Snake River Correctional Institution (the state), appeals a<br> post-conviction court judgment concluding that petitioner’s<br> trial attorney provided inadequate representation during<br> his criminal trial for sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS<br> 163.427, and granting petitioner post-conviction relief. The<br> state argues that key evidence ... More...
$0 (02-23-2017 - OR)Jose H. Lizarraga-Regalado v. Jeff Premo
Petitioner appeals a judgment denying post-conviction<br> relief. He assigns error to the trial court’s dismissal, by way<br> of summary judgment, of his claim based on criminal trial<br> counsel’s failure to challenge the giving of a “natural and<br> probable consequences” uniform jury instruction identical<br> to that which the Oregon Supreme Court later disapproved<br> in State v. Lopez... More...
$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)Jack Brockway v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company
This case involves an insurance dispute between<br> plaintiffs and defendant, Allstate Property and Casualty<br> Insurance Company (Allstate). After a theft at their home,<br> plaintiffs filed claims with Allstate, their insurance carrier,<br> under two policies. More than two years after the loss,<br> Allstate denied coverage for the loss and plaintiffs brought<br> an action against Allstate rela... More...
$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)Jeffrey Dale Tiner v. Jeff Premo
Petitioner was found guilty by a jury of two counts<br> of aggravated murder, one count of intentional murder,<br> and a number of other crimes. He sought post-conviction<br> relief on a variety of claims. The post-conviction court<br> denied relief on all of petitioner’s claims involving the guilt<br> phase of petitioner’s criminal trial but granted relief on<br> his penalty-phase claims and ... More...
$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)Marshall Johnson v. J.G. Wentworth Originations, LLC and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Marshall Johnson is the beneficiary of a right to<br> periodic payments under a structured settlement agreement.<br> Petitioner J. G. Wentworth Originators, LLC (J. G.<br> Wentworth) brought this special proceeding under ORS<br> 33.857 to 33.875 (2005),1 seeking to purchase at a discount<br> Johnson’s right to one future annuity payment and a portion<br> of a future lump sum payment. The trial c... More...
$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)Neal Kaste v. Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC
Plaintiffs Neal and Nancy Kaste operate a dairy<br> farm in Tillamook County, and contracted with defendant,<br> Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC, to provide them with feed<br> for their dairy cows. That feed sickened a number of plaintiffs’<br> cows and killed others, causing plaintiffs to incur veterinary<br> expenses to care for the cows as well as other losses.<br> Plaintiffs sued defendant, a... More...
$0 (03-08-2017 - OR)J.V.B. v. Kevin Louis Burns
Petitioner obtained a temporary restraining order<br> against respondent pursuant to the Family Abuse Prevention<br> Act (FAPA), ORS 107.700 to 107.735. After a contested hearing,<br> the trial court continued the restraining order. On<br> appeal, respondent argues that the order was not supported<br> by legally sufficient evidence. We agree and reverse.<br> Neither party requests that we exercise... More...
$0 (03-15-2017 - OR)United States of America v. Gerald Thomas Schram
Medford, OR - 65-Year Old Repeat Bank Robber Sentenced to 130 Months in Federal Prison<br> <br> Gerald Thomas Schram, 65, of Medford, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for bank robbery and interference with commerce by robbery. Following his prison sentence, Schram will be on supervised release for three years. Schram was also ordered to pay $9,177 in restitution.<br> <br> On January 20, 2014,... More...
$0 (03-16-2017 - OR)A&T Siding, Inc. v. Capitol Specialty Ins. Corp.
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 ... More...
$0 (10-09-2015 - OR)Brownstone Homes Condo. Assn. v. Brownstone Forest Hts.
Defendant Capitol Specialty Insurance Co. has moved to dismiss this appeal on the ground that it has become moot. According to Capitol, the issues to be decided in the appeal pertain to the terms of an agreement settling an underlying construction defect case, but those very terms have been superseded by amendments to the agreement adopted during the pendency of the appeal. We conclude that, becau... More...
$0 (10-09-2015 - OR)United States of America v. Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., Steven Dwight Hammond
SUMMARY***<br> Criminal Law<br> On appeals by the government, the panel vacated<br> sentences for maliciously damaging the real property of the<br> United States by fire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(f)(1),<br> and remanded for resentencing, in cases in which the<br> defendants set fires on their ranch land that spread to public<br> land.<br> The panel rejected the defendants’ contention tha... More...
$0 (10-08-2015 - OR)5W LLC v. Caplan Landlord, LLC
Defendants Bruce Wood and Glenn Smith each executed a guaranty agreement in connection with a $6.9 million loan for a commercial real estate project. After the borrower’s successor, Caplan Landlord, LLC, defaulted on that loan, defendants failed to pay the debt under their guaranties. Plaintiff CML-OR 5th, LLC,1 a Florida limited liability company and the assignee of the underlying promissory no... More...
$0 (09-29-2015 - OR)Lee Pacific Properties v. Century Pacific Equity Corporation
Because this is an equitable case, the Court of Appeals, “acting in its sole discretion, may try the cause anew upon the record or make one or more factual findings anew upon the record.” ORS 19.415(3)(b). No party has requested that we exercise our discretion to review de novo. Nevertheless, as explained below, 272 Or App at 635, the trial court’s interpretation of the parties’ settlement... More...
$0 (08-03-2015 - OR)Paul Scott Schwarz v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
The issue in this “low tar” tobacco case centers on a<br> jury’s award of punitive damages to plaintiff against defendant<br> Phillip Morris USA, Inc. (Philip Morris). Following a<br> trial in 2002, the jury awarded plaintiff $168,514 in compensatory<br> damages and $150 million in punitive damages.1<br> However, concluding that the trial court had not properly<br> instructed the jury on the... More...
$0 (07-18-2015 - OR)MONTARA OWNERS ASSOCIATION v. LA NOUE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
This construction defect case presents three issues on review, following certain rulings by the trial court and an award of damages by the jury. First, we consider the proper application of ORS 30.140, a statute that voids overbroad indemnity provisions in construction contracts. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had erred by invalidating an indemnity provision in its entirety when th... More...
$0 (07-06-2015 - Or)