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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
READ MORE August 27, 2021 | Legal Alert Washington Court of Appeals Paves the Road to Costly Attorneys’ Fees in Cases Affecting Title to Real Property By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE August 12, 2021 | Legal Alert Indemnification Promises: The Risks of Risk Transfer By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE July 29, 2021 | Legal Alert Premises Liability: Oregon Expands the Application of Comparative Fault By: Sean Conner
READ MORE July 21, 2021 | Legal Alert Washington Supreme Court Says Termination of a Contract, Not for Default, Equals a Termination for Convenience By: Ashley Nagrodski
READ MORE July 7, 2021 | Legal Alert You Didn’t Start the Fire, but Does that Mean the Insurer has to Pay Out? By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE July 5, 2021 | Legal Alert Limitless: How are Statutes of Limitations Tolled When the Cause of Action is Concealed? By: William Taaffe
READ MORE July 5, 2021 | Legal Alert Is UIM Coverage for Claimants in Insured Vehicles on the Horizon in Oregon? By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE July 5, 2021 | Legal Alert A Substantial Benefit Leads to Substantial Fees By: William Taaffe
READ MORE May 25, 2021 | Legal Alert Don’t Just WISHA that Your Evidence Will Speak for Itself: Washington Court of Appeals Dismisses the Need to Re-Weigh the Value of Substantial Evidence By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE May 19, 2021 | Legal Alert Premises Liability: The Impact of the “Going or Coming” Rule on Tort Liability By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE May 10, 2021 | Legal Alert Pit Bull Attack: Is Landlord Liable for Dog Bite on Leased Property? By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE April 28, 2021 | Legal Alert If you Sail Out of the Safe Harbor, Expect to Pay the Price (in Attorney Fees) By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE April 19, 2021 | Legal Alert Do Hospitals Owe a Duty to Protect Others Against Violence of a One-Time Patient? By: Brian Schiewe
READ MORE April 13, 2021 | Legal Alert Oregon Supreme Court Says an Insurer’s Duty to Defend Cannot be Contracted Away. By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE March 30, 2021 | Legal Alert Can a School District Escape Liability for a Student’s Death? By: Thomas McCurdy
READ MORE March 30, 2021 | Legal Alert ZOMBIE LAW – Who Can Sue for Tortious Interference With a Dead Body? By: Gordon Klug
READ MORE March 22, 2021 | Legal Alert Don’t Have the Evidence? What Happens if You Pretend To? By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE March 17, 2021 | Legal Alert Killed While Committing a Felony – What Proof is Required to Escape a Wrongful Death Suit? By: Thomas McCurdy
READ MORE March 10, 2021 | Legal Alert Sticker Shock – Did a Typo Cost Toyota $36,000 for Violating Washington’s Consumer Protection Act? By: Kyle Riley
READ MORE March 4, 2021 | Legal Alert Oregon Court of Appeals Doubles Down on Double Damages Under Timber Trespass Statute By: Ryan McLellan
READ MORE February 22, 2021 | Legal Alert Too Emotionally Distressed to File a Claim for Emotional Distress? Don’t Worry You May Still Have Time By: Melanie Rose
READ MORE February 11, 2021 | Legal Alert Oregon Supreme Court Limits the Impact of an Offer to Allow Judgment By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE February 10, 2021 | Legal Alert Texting While Driving? Not Relevant! By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE January 27, 2021 | Legal Alert Once Again, Oregon Court Holds Foreseeable Harm Must be Broadly Construed By: William Taaffe
READ MORE January 20, 2021 | Legal Alert Is a Bicyclist a Pedestrian? The Washington Supreme Court Says Yes By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE January 7, 2021 | Legal Alert Qualified for Recreational Use Immunity? You May Still be Liable By: Firm Authorship
READ MORE Steering Wheel December 30, 2020 | Legal Alert UIM Benefits for Non-Relative Passenger? Denied! By: Cliff Wilson
READ MORE December 16, 2020 | Legal Alert “Cancel Culture” – Not in Oregon! At Least When it Comes to Insurance Policies: Two Insurance Companies Fined By: Jeff Eberhard
READ MORE Safe Harbor Letter December 9, 2020 | Legal Alert Washington’s Made Whole Doctrine Majorly Expanded By: Josh Hayward
READ MORE Washington Case Update December 1, 2020 | Legal Alert Is a Driver Responsible for an Auto Accident if They Lose Consciousness Behind the Wheel? By: Thomas McCurdy
READ MORE Year in Review Commercial Lines November 19, 2020 | Legal Alert Insurers Are Afforded Safe Harbor Protection From Attorney Fees Even if the Insured Claims that the Insurer’s Failure to Settle was Unreasonable or in Bad Faith By: Josh Hayward
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