Strawn v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon

Defendants appeal from a “limited judgment” 1 that was entered in this class action before class members had been identified and individual damage awards had been determined. A limited judgment, one of the types of judgments created by the legislature in 2003 when it enacted House Bill (HB) 2646, is defined, in part, as

“a judgment rendered before entry of a general judgment in an action that disposes of at least one but fewer than all claims in the action and that is rendered pursuant to a statute or other source of law that specifically authorizes disposition of fewer than all claims in the…