Griffin v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District

*503GILLETTE, J.

The issue in this case is whether the $100,000 liability limit in the pre-1989 version of the Oregon Tort Claims Act applies to attorney fees and costs awarded against a public body in an employment discrimination action that arose at the time that the limit was in effect. We hold that the limit applies.

Defendant Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) is a municipal corporation that is subject to the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA), ORS 30.260 to 30.300.1 Plaintiff was employed by Tri-Met as a bus driver and dispatcher from 1976 to 1989. In 1989,…