Hickey v. Scott
Under ORS 90.394(3), a valid termination notice must specify the amount of rent that must be paid to cure nonpayment, the amount must be precise and accurate.
Area(s) of Law:- Landlord Tenant
Lowell v. Medford School District. 549c
Absolute privilege applies when the public鈥檚 interest in functioning government is so great that it outweighs an individual鈥檚 interest in redress for reputational harm. Shearer v.听 Lambert, 274 Or 449, 547 P2d 98 (1976).
Area(s) of Law:- Tort Law
State v. Gray
Or Const, Art I, 搂11, of the Oregon Constitution entitles Defendant to have his counsel present in the grand jury room during his testimony.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
State v. Benson
鈥淭o succeed on a claim of a due process violation caused by a preindictment delay, a defendant must 鈥榮how that the delay actually prejudiced the defendant, and that the government culpably caused the delay.鈥欌 State v. Stokes, 350 Or 44, 64 (2011).
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Dahlton v. Kyser
In a wrongful death claim, beneficiaries are not parties and therefore cannot be compelled to produce privileged medical information relating only to their own treatment arising from loss of decedent's society and companionship.
Area(s) of Law:- Tort Law
Gist v. ZoAn Management, Inc.
Under ORS 652.360(1), employers cannot create 鈥渟pecial contract[s] or any other means鈥 to circumvent statutes related to paying wages.
Area(s) of Law:- Arbitration
Scott v. Kesselring
鈥淸T]he issue of liability for harm actually resulting from defendant鈥檚 conduct properly depends on whether that conduct unreasonably created a foreseeable risk to a protected interest of the kind of harm that befell the plaintiff.鈥 Fazzolari v. Portland School Dist. No. 1J, 303 Or. 1, 17 (1987).
Area(s) of Law:- Tort Law