Seida v. West Linn-Wilsonville School District 3 J T

Plaintiff appeals from a supplemental money judgment awarding defendants enhanced prevailing party fees under ORS 20.190(3). ORS 19.205(2)(c). The award followed the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs claims after it granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. We review for an abuse of discretion and remand.

Plaintiff lives and farms on property off of Day Road in Wilsonville that he owns with his sister. In 1996, several acres of his farm land were taken for public use in a condemnation proceeding involving the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, a defendant in this case.…