Jimenez v. Ovchinikov

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment that awarded him $3,500 in attorney fees. He sought fees of approximately $19,488. He assigns as error the failure of the trial court to hold a hearing pursuant to ORCP 68C(4)(C),1 to award him costs for the expense of an interpreter and to its reduction of his fees to $3,500. We affirm.

Plaintiff, a migrant reforestation worker, filed an action against defendant labor contractors alleging violations of the Oregon Farm/Forestry Labor Contractor Registration Act ORS 658.405 et seq, and the Oregon Wage Claim Statute. ORS 652.150. Defendants’ answer denied…