Ninth Circuit Says Oregon Employee Complaints Need Not Leave the Office to Obtain Protection
Jessica Hill The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent opinion, Brunozzi v. Cable Communications Inc., 851 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2017), demonstrates an ongoing trend for courts to provide broad protection for work-related complaints under Oregon law.[1] The Ninth Circuit’s broad interpretation of an Oregon whistleblowing…
Oregon PIP Benefits Do Not Include Transportation Costs (Other Than Ambulance)
Cheney Moss In Dowell v. Oregon Mutual Ins. Co., 361 Or 62, 388 P3d 1050 (2017), a PIP insurer declined to pay transportation costs that its insured incurred when attending medical appointments related to treatment for her injuries that resulted from a motor vehicle accident. In response, the…
Admitted Liability Commercial Truck Accident
Shareholder Heather Beasley tried an admitted liability commercial truck accident case in which the client’s 22-ton tractor/trailer combination, traveling 56 miles per hour, rear-ended plaintiff’s pickup truck and trailer, traveling 35 miles per hour. Plaintiff alleged an optic nerve injury, causing partial vision loss in his dominant eye, and…
Best Practices in PIP Reimbursement — Oregon
Heather Beasley Unlike in Washington, a Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurer in Oregon has authority for recovery above and beyond a standard subrogation claim. Oregon PIP recovery is governed by three separate statutory provisions, each giving the PIP insurer a different avenue of recovery. However, the Oregon courts…