Flug v. University of Oregon

Plaintiff brought this action against her former employer, the University of Oregon (defendant), alleging two counts of unlawful employment practices under ORS chapter 659 and one count of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED). The trial court granted summary judgment for defendant, concluding, inter alia, that plaintiff had failed to give timely notice of her IIED claim, as ORS 30.275 requires. 1 The Court of Appeals affirmed, rejecting plaintiffs argument that certain letters that her lawyers had sent to defendant amounted to “actual notice” of her IIED claim within the…