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READ MORE October 3, 2022 | Legal Alert What Risks Are Assumed in Construction Work and When Can It Bar Recovery? By: Kyle Riley
READ MORE September 19, 2022 | Legal Alert Time’s Up: Washington Rules Some Nonretroactive Insurance Policies Unenforceable By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE September 8, 2022 | Legal Alert Oregon’s Wrongful Death Statute and ORCP 44C: Who is a “Party”? By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE August 31, 2022 | Legal Alert Maintaining Safe Workplaces: Whose Duty Is It? By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE August 25, 2022 | Legal Alert Schools Are Held to A Higher Standard of Duty When It Comes to the Safety of Students, But Plaintiffs Must Still Prove That Risk of Harm was Foreseeable By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE August 16, 2022 | Legal Alert Savings Clauses as Life Savers: How to Resuscitate a Contract By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE August 10, 2022 | Legal Alert When Words Count: Terms of Art in Unjust Enrichment and Trespass Claims By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE August 1, 2022 | Legal Alert Washington Supreme Court Asked to Recognize an Exception to the Learned Intermediary Doctrine By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE July 22, 2022 | Legal Alert Claiming an Incorrect PIP Offset Does Not Bring a UM Insurer Out of ORS 742.061(3) “Safe Harbor” By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE July 20, 2022 | Legal Alert A Sigh of Relief from Oregon Landlords as Oregon Court of Appeals Determines a Tenant Cannot Receive “Per Violation” Damages By: Sean Conner
READ MORE July 11, 2022 | Legal Alert One Defendant’s Negligence is Another Defendant’s Treasure By: Brian Schiewe
READ MORE July 5, 2022 | Legal Alert Inherent Risk of a Sports Activity Is Not Always a Slam Dunk Defense By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE June 29, 2022 | Legal Alert Delays Have Dangerous Ends By: Gordon Klug
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
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