Woods v. Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment in which the trial court denied her request for attorney fees incurred in obtaining an arbitration award for injuries sustained in a slip-and-fall accident. We review that ruling, which was based on the legal conclusion that plaintiff failed to satisfy the notice requirements of ORS 20.080, for errors of law,1 and affirm.

In late September 2000, plaintiff sustained injuries when she slipped and fell at defendant’s Carl’s Jr. restaurant. After the incident, plaintiff took steps to file a claim and was contacted by a representative of defendant’s insurer,…