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READ MORE June 17, 2022 | Legal Alert Treble in the Insurance World: Noneconomic Damages and Actual Damages By: Brian Schiewe
READ MORE June 13, 2022 | Legal Alert The Defenses Landlords Can Raise Are Limited to the ORLTA By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE June 9, 2022 | Legal Alert Statutes of Limitations: The Importance of Knowing When a Cause of Action Accrues By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE June 3, 2022 | Legal Alert “Damage” vs “Damages”: Using the Incorrect Form Can Damage Your Case By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE May 18, 2022 | Legal Alert What is Deception and When Does It Cause Injury? By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE May 12, 2022 | Legal Alert Two Experts, One Reasonable Conclusion: Washington Court of Appeals Grants Summary Judgment Despite Competing Expert Opinions By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE May 4, 2022 | Legal Alert Don’t Expose Yourself to Liability for the Actions of a Third Party By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE April 25, 2022 | Legal Alert A Partnership Does Not Automatically Create Joint and Several Liability By: Michael Staskiews
READ MORE April 21, 2022 | Legal Alert Oregon Court of Appeals Holds Once You Leave Safe Harbor You Cannot Re-Enter By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE April 7, 2022 | Legal Alert Oregon Court Determines When the Exception to Recreational Immunity Applies By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE March 29, 2022 | Legal Alert Contractors in Washington, Don’t Lose Your Right to Sue. Get Registered Before You Work. By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE March 29, 2022 | Legal Alert The Dangers of Covenant Judgments: Insurers Must Typically Show Fraud or Collusion to Reverse a Determination of Reasonableness By: Kyle Riley
READ MORE March 29, 2022 | Legal Alert Passion and Prejudice: When an Appellate Court Can Hold a Jury’s Verdict as Excessive By: Ashley Nagrodski
READ MORE March 24, 2022 | Legal Alert Pre-litigation Bad Faith Conduct Leaves Losing Party Fronting the Bill By: Kyle Riley
READ MORE March 17, 2022 | Legal Alert Spoiler Alert: Washington Court of Appeals Rules Spoliation Combined With Discovery Violations Are Sanctionable by Default Judgment By: Brian Schiewe
READ MORE March 9, 2022 | Legal Alert Washington Court of Appeals Issues Important Decision on Arbitration Agreements in Elder Care Setting By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE March 2, 2022 | Legal Alert Did the Trial Court Err When it Refused to Give the Substantial Factor Jury Instruction? By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE February 22, 2022 | Legal Alert Au Contraire: Even the Smallest Contradictions in Deposition Testimony Can Make or Break a Case By: Brian Schiewe
READ MORE February 16, 2022 | Legal Alert It’s All in The Fine Print – Are Arbitration Clauses Unconscionable and Do They Apply Retroactively? By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE February 10, 2022 | Legal Alert First-Party Bad Faith in Oregon? Are the Floodgates About to Open? Violations of the Oregon Insurance Code Held to Give Rise to the Pursuit of Emotional Distress Damages By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE February 3, 2022 | Legal Alert Airbnb and Hot Tub Liability: Read This Before Your Next Vacation By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE January 25, 2022 | Legal Alert Silence Isn’t Always Golden: When do Insurers Have a Duty to Remind Their Insured of Their Subrogation Rights? By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE January 19, 2022 | Legal Alert Insurers Downwind of Lawyer Theft: Must Send Notice Directly To Claimant Whenever They Settle Their Claim By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE January 5, 2022 | Legal Alert Have You or A Loved One Been Exposed to Damages Inconsistent with the Pleading? By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE December 22, 2021 | Legal Alert Washington Appellate Court Concludes That a Breach of Contract Claim for Construction Deficiencies Does Not Have a Solid Foundation By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE December 15, 2021 | Legal Alert Cannabis and Insurance Coverage: Don’t Bogard That Hemp! By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE December 9, 2021 | Legal Alert Stacking the Deck: Oregon Appellate Court Holds That the 52-Week Payment Period for PIP Policies Is Stackable By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE December 2, 2021 | Legal Alert A Costly Miscalculation: Can Multiple Settlement Offers be Aggregated When Awarding Attorney Fees? By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE November 22, 2021 | Legal Alert Love Thy Neighbor, but Don’t Ignore Your Property Rights By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE November 11, 2021 | Legal Alert Double Jeopardy: Can Contempt of Court in a Civil Case Also be a Crime? By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE October 29, 2021 | Legal Alert So You Paid PIP and the UIM Case Is Going to Trial. Can the PIP Payments Be Disclosed to the Jury and How Do You Preserve Your Offset? By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE October 19, 2021 | Legal Alert Oregon Supreme Court Allows UM/UIM Stacking Among Multiple Policies Issued by Same Insurer By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE October 14, 2021 | Legal Alert Beware the Fine Print: Washington Court of Appeals Strikes a Trial De Novo Because the Client Failed to Sign By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE September 30, 2021 | Legal Alert The Third Time’s the Charm. Oregon Supreme Court Examines Wright III to Explain the Difference Between Fault and Causation in an Underinsured Motorist Claim By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE September 16, 2021 | Legal Alert Words Heard Beyond the Grave: Washington Appellate Court Determines When a Deceased Party’s Statements Are Admissible By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE September 1, 2021 | Legal Alert Oregon Federal Court Joins Growing List of Courts to Decide Whether Lost Business Income From COVID-19 Closures Are Covered Under Insurance Policies. By: Jeff Eberhard
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