Best Law Firms – 2020 Edition
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” announced our firm again received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the 2020 Edition of Best Law Firms for Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants in Portland, Oregon. The Tier …
Update: Oregon’s Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages is Unconstitutional as Applied in Most Injury Cases
Jonathan Henderson ORS 31.710 caps noneconomic damages in certain civil actions to $500,000. [1] The cap was enacted in the mid-1980s as part of a tort reform package passed by the Oregon legislature that was aimed at mitigating an insurance crisis in Oregon. Recent legislative enactments …
The Best Lawyers in America®2020 Edition
Three of our shareholders, Bill Davis, Bill Earle, and Paul Xóchihua were again selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America,® the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Bill Davis was included in the practice area of Personal …
Washington Legislature Now Allows All Parents to Recover for Adult Children’s Deaths
Suzanne Pierce BREAKING NEWS! Due to a 2019 statutory amendment effective July 28, 2019, parents can now recover for loss of consortium in a wrongful death claim regardless of whether they were financially dependent on the child at the time of child’s death. RCW 4.20.060(2), see bill text …