OCAA Articles Archive

Medical Expenses for Minors: Who's Claim is it?	Sidewalks Snowstorms Slip and Falls
WA Construction Defect "Cure" Statute	Issue Preclusion Arbitration About PIP Benefits
Comparative Fault	New Life for Dead Product Liability Claims
Caught in the Middle	Jury Verdict Trends 18 Months Later
Construction Conjunction	UIM Benefits Attorney Fees
UM and UIM Claims	Advance Payment Update
Economic Loss Rule for Construction Defect Claims	Subrogation Can a Landlord Insurer Sue Tenant
Coverage A Case Study	Dog Bites When is Landlord Liable
Punitive Damages in OR	Update WA Const Defect Cases
Shoulder Injury and Treatments	Black Box
Insured Endorsements in Construction	UM UIM Benefits Workers Comp
Remedies	Attorney Fees 1
Punitive Damages Excessive Award	Chapter 30 of ORS
ORS 18.592 Declared Constitutional	Advance Payment Tolling of the Statute of Limitations
Defective Cargo Trailers	Premises Liability Dangerous Stairs
Beating Slips & Falls	Unbundling
Losses That Span Two Coverage Periods	Punitive Damages in Soft Tissue Auto Cases
Economic Damage Calculations	Fire Insurance Coverage
Prevailing Party Attorney Fees in Oregon	Attorney Fees 2
Proof of Loss UM UIM Claims	When Plaintiff Doesnt Have to Prove Negligence
Workers Comp in UMUIM Cases	Indemnity Getting the Money Back
Damages Off Sets	Auto Accidents 3rd Party PD
Traffic Accident Reconstruction	PIP Preclusive Effect
PIP Claims	Additional Insured Endorsements
Beware of Dog	Medical Probability Standard
Iatrogenic Disability	Several Liability MultiParty Litigation
Whose Duty to Defend	Lawson v Hoke Confirmed
Unambiguous Policy Language	McGarry v Hansen
Not All Trespasses to Timber Created Equal	Made on Defendant ORS 20.080
The Other New Chief	Employer Liability Law
Tale of Woe	Proving Causation
Beware of Personal Reps	Bankruptcy Files Hidden Treasure
Wrongful Death NonEconomic Damages Cap	Intersection Made Me Do It
You Only Live Twice	Crash Facts Pedestrian Accident
Crash Facts - Scenario-Ped Accident Solution	Negligence Damages Reasonably Foreseeable
Life in the Judicial Fast Lane	Crash Facts Run Off Roadway
Crash Facts Weight vs Speed	PIP Reimbursement Fact or Fiction
Cutting Off Attorney Fees	Crash Facts Speed vs Energy
Criminal Acts Exclusion 11_06	Intangibles of Settlement 11_06
Meniscus_Is it Necessary 11_06	Advanced Directive 12_06
Made on Defendant Requirement	One Dollar Plaintiff
20_080 Requirements and Advance Payment Statute	Hidden Clues in ER Report
No UIM Coverage Without Underinsured Driver	Compensation for Diminished Value
PIP Reimbursement in Context of UIM Claims	NonSurgical Spinal Decompression or Traction
Potential Damages	Update on Philip Morris Case 2_2007
Digital Motion XRays	Emergency Instruction
Strict Liability	September 2007 Articles
October 2007 Articles	November 2007 Articles
December 2007 Articles	January 2008
February 2008	March 2008
May 2008	June/July 2008
August 2008	October 2008
December 2008	January 2009 Flight to Tanana: Adjusting Claims in Alaska Policy Unambiguous Unless There Are “Multiple, Reasonable Interpretations” New Case Drastically Alters Claims for Attorney Fees Under ORS 20.080
February 2009 UM Must Meet Requirements of ORS31.715(6) to Collect Non-Economic Damages Can Someone Make an ORS 20.080 Claim for an Accident that Occurs Outside Oregon? DRG Reimbursement System	March 2009 Each Wrongful Denial of Benefits is a Separate Breach of the Insurance Contract Don’t Let a Claim Bite You Another Look at Dog Bite Cases Life Expectancy
April 2009 Conditions of Recovery Under Oregon’s Lemon Law Can Be Done in Any Order	May 2009 US Supreme Court Snuffs Out Philip Morris’s Appeal of William’s Gigantic Punitive Damage Award
June 2009 In UM/UIM Cases, Providing Notice of Intent to Arbitrate is Not Enough by Itself to Toll the Statute of Limitations Cold Laser Therapy	July 2009 Completed Operation Exclusion Found Effective to Deny Defense Even Though Work Was Performed by Subcontractor Summer Cautions Your Legislature at Work
September 2009 Role of Payments by Liability Insurer in Calculating UIM Benefits Made Clear Healing Times & Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries Upcoming Changes (Improvements) in Minor Settlement Statute	October 2009 Jury is Not Required to Award Noneconomic Damages unless Substantial Injury Exists
November 2009 Multiple New Requirements Placed on Insurers After Declaring a Vehicle a Total Loss Neuromuscular Reeducation	December 2009 Courts are Not Permitted to Deduct Medicare “Write-Offs” from Jury Awards Freud’s “The Uncanny”: Clinical Perspectives
January 2010 Terms Clearly Defined in Insurance Policies Trump Ordinary Meanings Expert Witness Amending OARs Relating to Requirements for Total Loss Settlements	February 2010 A Landlord’s Liability to a Tenants’ Guest Attorney Fees in Insurance Claims Expanded Hospital Bills
March 2010 Grisby: Analyzing Attorney Fee Requests in PIP Cases Chiropractic Treatment of Children	April 2010 Motor Vehicle Accidents and Foreseeability Independent Medical Exams for Urologic Problems What Happens When a Medical Provider Writes Off Part of a Patient’s Charges?
MAY 2010 ORS 20.080: Making a Settlement Offer “Prior to Commencement of a Claim” New Decision Regarding Effect of Offer to Allow Judgment	June 2010 Duplication of Treatment — Muscular Back Pain No Clear Ability to Limit Accrual of Attorney Fees Under ORS 742.061