State ex rel. Frohnmayer v. Freeman

Defendants, who are chiropractic practitioners, appeal from the judgments assessing civil penalties and attorney fees against them and granting the plaintiff state injunc-tive relief in this action under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act (UTPA). ORS 646.605 etseq. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the trial court’s denial of certain investigative costs. We reverse on the appeal and affirm on the cross-appeal.

The operative allegations of plaintiff’s second amended complaint are:

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“Defendants provide chiropractic care to patients. As part of chiropractic care, defendants regularly use a device…