Alsaedi v. Conroy

Plaintiff appeals a judgment awarding her damages for property damage caused by defendants, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of her exception for attorney fees under ORS 20.080. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

We review attorney fee awards under ORS 20.080 for errors of law. Johnson v. Swaim, 343 Or 423, 427, 172 P3d 645 (2007). On January 18, 2014, plaintiffs car was struck in rapid succession by each of the three defendants’ cars. On January 28, 2014, defendant Chhetri’s insurer, Travelers, issued an estimate of the cost to repair plaintiffs car. On February 26, 2014,…