Guess v. Lee

This is a personal injury action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for defendant after defendant appealed from an underlying arbitrator’s award in plaintiffs favor. In her sole assignment of error, plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred in denying her motion to enter judgment on the arbitrator’s award on the ground that defendant’s notice of appeal from the award was untimely under ORS 36.425(2)(a). We affirm.

The pertinent facts are undisputed. Plaintiff filed this action in May 2001. Thereafter, the trial…