Samuel v. Frohnmayer

Plaintiff is a chiropractor and, at all times relevant to this action, was president of the Oregon Association of Chiropractic Physicians (OACP). While serving in that capacity, he volunteered at the request of the medical director of the Workers’ Compensation Department (Department) to establish a peer review committee to review chiropractor billings to compensation insurance carriers. In this action, he seeks a judicial declaration that he is entitled under the Oregon Tort Claims Act, ORS 30.260 to 30.300, to be indemnified by the state for expenses incurred in defending a civil action…