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Legal Briefs & News
A New Era? Interpreting the Impact of Moody
On January 26, 2022, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union and Federal Insurance Company, 317 Or App 233 (2022). The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the trial court’s ruling. In the underlying case,...
Yeatts v. Polygon NW – Application of ELL Where General Contractor Retains Right to Control Safety at Jobsite
The Oregon Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisions regarding Yeatts v. Polygon Northwest Company, have significantly shaped the application of Oregon’s Employer Liability Law (ELL). The claim arose out of a worksite injury to Arthur Yeatts, an employee of Wood...
How It Started, How It’s Going: The Steady March of Gender Equality
MacMillan, Scholz & Marks attorney Jaimie A. Fender chairs the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel's (OADC) Women in Law Affinity Group (WIL). In the latest issue of OADC's quarterly magazine "The Verdict," Fender introduces an ongoing series in which the WIL...