Portland Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Oregon, with Portland as the focal jurisdiction. I walk readers through the Oregon Wrongful Death Statute at ORS 30.020, the parallel survival statute at ORS 30.075, the Lakin v. Senco Products line of cases invalidating the ORS 31.710 noneconomic damages cap (including Klutschkowski v. PeaceHealth in medmal wrongful death, Vasquez v. Double Press Manufacturing in product liability, and Busch v. McInnis Waste Systems in personal injury), the 3-year wrongful death SOL at ORS 12.110(3), the modified comparative fault 51-percent bar at ORS 31.600, the several liability framework at ORS 31.605, the punitive damages framework with 70-percent state allocation at ORS 31.735, the Oregon Tort Claims Act, and how NoVA-to-Oregon travel ties produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
