Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc.

Under the majority's reading of Powers v. Quigley , 345 Or. 432, 198 P.3d 919 (2008), a statute only conflicts with, and is therefore an exception to, ORCP 54 E, if the statute provides for an alternate, nearly identical procedure to facilitate settlement. The majority arrives at its conclusion purporting to apply the analysis set out by the Powers court: when "two statutes are inconsistent," such that it is *668not possible to give effect to both, "the more specific statute will control over the more general one." Mathis v. St. Helen's Auto Center, Inc. , 298 Or. App. 647, 653, 447 P.3d at 493…