Leslie Kocher-Moar Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America List
MacMillan, Scholz & Marks is pleased to announce that Leslie Kocher-Moar and Megan Ferris, both shareholders with the firm, have been included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, which was released today. Leslie was honored in the...
Comparative Fault not Available Where Defendant’s Conduct is “Wanton”
In State of Oregon v. Jorge Gutierrez-Medina, 365 Or 79 (2019), the Oregon Supreme Court of Oregon held that the trial court correctly refused to reduce the amount of restitution owed by defendant based on the victim’s comparative fault. In that case, the defendant in...
Megan Ferris Included Once Again on Rising Stars List
MacMillan, Scholz & Marks is pleased to share that Megan Ferris was included in the 2019 edition of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Megan made the Rising Stars list, an honor limited to no more than 2.5 percent of the attorneys in the state. This is the fourth...
Defense Verdict in Subrogation Fire Case
In April 2019, MacMillan Scholz & Marks Shareholder, Megan Ferris, successfully defended two siding subcontractors against a $300,000 lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court. The case involved the plaintiff-insurer’s subrogation claim for damages following a...
“At What Cost?” by Megan Ferris and Kristin Tannler, featured in CLM Construction Claims Magazine (Winter 2018)
"At What Cost?" CLM Construction Claims Magazine (Winter 2018)
Favorable Outcome For Funeral Home Client
In November 2018, MacMillan Scholz & Marks Shareholder, Robert Scholz, successfully defended a funeral services client in a $2.5 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The case involved an error in the delivery of cremated remains. Plaintiff alleged...
Kristin Tannler Named to 2018 Oregon Super Lawyers Rising Stars List
MacMillan, Scholz & Marks is pleased to announce that Kristin Tannler, an associate with the firm, was honored in the 2018 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. The publication included Kristin in its Rising Stars list. While up to five percent of lawyers are...
Christine Reinert Recognized as “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine
MacMillan, Scholz & Marks, P.C. is pleased to report that partner Christine Reinert was selected as a Rising Star in the state of Oregon by Super Lawyers Magazine for the fourth year in a row. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have...
Washington Court of Appeals Protects Insurer’s Privileged Information in UIM Bad Faith Case
In Richardson v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 200 Wash.App. 705, 403 P.3d 115 (2017), the Washington Court of Appeals held that an insurer’s post-litigation documents and information protected by attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine are not...
Washington Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Insured on Breach of Duty to Defend and Bad Faith
In 2FL Enterprises, LLC v. Houston Specialty Insurance Company, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington examined whether insurer Houston breached its duty to defend and whether that breach constituted bad faith. On April 20, 2016, MCS...
Oregon Supreme Court Grants Review in Noneconomic Damages Cap Case
On November 20, 2017, MacMillan, Scholz & Marks posted the following: On November 1, 2017, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Vasquez v. Double Press Mfg. Plaintiff had been rendered paraplegic as a result of an industrial accident. A jury...
Oregon Supreme Court Rejects “Wrongful Life” claim
On February 8, 2018, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its opinion in Tomlinson v. Metropolitan Pediatrics, LLC et al. Plaintiffs Kerry and Scott Tomlinson (“parents”) had two children, M and T, born with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy in 2003 and 2008. M’s physician...