Legal Opinion
Plotkin v. State Accident Insurance Fund
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided September 8, 2016No. 14C17973; A159273PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShore, J.
This tort action arises from plaintiff John Plotkin’s short-lived tenure as CEO of SAIF Corporation (SAIF) and, for purposes of this appeal, involves the grant of a special motion to strike under ORS 31.150, Oregon’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP) statute, which creates a two-step procedure for expeditiously dismissing unfounded lawsuits attacking certain types of public speech.
SAIF is an independent public corporation that provides workers’ compensation insurance to Oregon employers. Three months after plaintiff started as CEO, SAIF’s board dismissed him.…
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