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As defense attorneys and insurance professionals, we are bombarded with settlement demands asking for exorbitant sums in noneconomic damages relative to the economic harm actually suffered. For example, in a personal injury case, the plaintiff may have incurred $6,000 in … Continue reading
August 2012 Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue is proud to announce that 8 of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). … Continue reading
December 2011 The Oregon Court of Appeals recently decided two cases addressing the legal doctrine res ipsa loquitur, to infer negligence against a storeowner for injuries suffered by a customer. Res ipsa loquitur is a rule of circumstantial evidence that … Continue reading
Sept. 2011 Portland, Ore. – Dunn Carney is pleased to announce that Elissa Meyrowitz Boyd, Blair E. McCrory and Mary Anne Nash have joined the firm. Boyd will focus on insurance coverage and commercial litigation and contribute to the … Continue reading
August 2011 Recently, the Oregon Court of Appeals, in Hall v. Speer, ruled than a claimant injured in an automobile accident provided her insurance company “proof of loss” for an underinsured motorist (“UIM”) claim even though the insurance company did … Continue reading
September 7-9, 2011 Dunn Carney will be a sponsor of the MC Consultants 17th Annual West Region Construction Defect & Insurance Coverage Conference in San Diego, CA. Eric Kekel is a co-chair of the conference and will speak on a panel addressing … Continue reading
July 2011 Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals was faced with that familiar situation: a Washington resident with a Washington insurance policy files a breach of contract action against her insurance company here in Oregon. Typically, the only connection … Continue reading
May 2011 In a construction defect action, does an insurance company have a duty to defend an insured-contractor when the claimants’ complaint does not specifically allege that construction defects resulted in “property damage” to other property? Relying on a difference … Continue reading
April 2011 SB 961: Prohibiting construction contract provisions that require waiver of subrogation, indemnification and contribution rights. A recently introduced Senate Bill that seeks to amend Oregon Revised Statute 30.140 has created considerable interest among general contractors, subcontractors, the Oregon … Continue reading
The Oregon Supreme Court Makes It More Challenging For Contractors To Protect Themselves From Negligence Claims Through Contract Suppose an individual and a contractor enter into a contract to build a home providing that the contractor will install copper pipe … Continue reading
