Legal Opinion
Forsi v. Hildahl
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided August 25, 2004No. 0110-11089; A120138PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, P. J.
At issue in this personal injury case is whether the trial court erred in permitting plaintiff to amend her complaint on the day of trial to reduce her prayer for damages from over $27,000 to $5,500. The effect of the amendment was to enable plaintiff later to claim entitlement to attorney fees pursuant to ORS 20.080, 1 which permits an award of attorney fees in certain cases in which the amount pleaded is $5,500 or less. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the amendment and therefore affirm.
The facts are not disputed. On May 16, 2001, as plaintiff was…
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