Springville Corp. v. Stoel Rives LLP

Plaintiff Springville Corporation brought an action for legal malpractice against defendants Stoel Rives LLP and attorney James N. Westwood,1 alleging, among other things, that Stoel Rives had given it erroneous legal advice about the need to appeal a limited judgment in a construction case in which Springville was the defendant.2 See Interstate Roofing, Inc. v. Springville Corp., 347 Or 144, 218 P3d 113 (2009) (describing the underlying case). The trial court granted Stoel Rives’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Springville had failed to establish that there was a genuine…