Jackson v. Olson

This is a legal malpractice case. Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant attorneys. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiffs claim in this case arose out of a 1981 tort case in which she sued the Oregon State Police and the Klamath Falls Police Department for damages. Defendants were her attorneys in that case. Plaintiffs complaint in the earlier case alleged that, in 1980, as she was driving on Shasta Way crossing Alameda Street in Klamath County, her car was struck by another car that was being chased by employes of the defendant police agencies, who were acting within the…