New Oregon Tort Claim Limits (ORS 30.271)

Every year, Oregon’s State Court Administrator must determine the percentage increase or decrease in the cost of living, and adjust the public tort claim limits accordingly.  ORS 30.270(4).  You can find a table of all tort claim limits going back …

ORCP 12 (pleadings liberally construed)

ORCP 12 “directs the court to disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings, so long as the error or defect does not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party.”  Mulier v. Johnson, 332 Or 344, …

ORCP 11 (reserved)

There is currently no ORCP 11.  Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 sets out the sanctions rule for attorneys who sign and present pleadings for an improper purpose, or submit frivolous or unsupported pleadings.  The analogous Oregon rule is found …