Crew/Garcia v. Myers

These ballot title review proceedings under ORS 250.085(2), which we have consolidated for purposes of disposition, concern the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure, denominated by the Secretary of State as Initiative Petition 128 (2004). The proposed measure, if adopted, would amend the Oregon Constitution by adding a section that would limit the total amount of fees that an attorney or attorneys could charge for the prosecution of a plaintiffs medical malpractice action against specified types of defendants. The limit would be $100,000. It would apply…