Peter R. Chamberlain
APPELLATE CASES

The following cases are appellate cases, decided by written opinion, in which I participated as either lead counsel (with primary responsibility for briefing and oral argument) or as a contributing author of the briefs on appeal.  In addition to these appeals, I have participated in approximately 25 other appellate cases which were decided without written opinion in the Oregon Court of Appeals, decided by unpublished opinion in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and cases which were resolved by settlement while an appeal was pending.

National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania v. Starplex Corp.,
220 Or App 560, 188 P3d 332 (2008)

Davis v. Team Elec. Co., 520 F3d 1080 (9th Cir 2008)

King City Rehab, LLC v. Clackamas County, 214 Or App 333, 164 P3d 1190 (2007)

Kambury v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 207 Or App 352, 140 P3d 1197 (2006)

Schnitzer Inv. Corp. v. Certain Underwriters At Lloyd's of London,
341 Or 128, 137 P3d 1282 (2006)

Boothby v. D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., 341 Or 35, 137 P3d 699 (2006)

Palmrose v. Oregon Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 205 Or App 613, 135 P3d 370 (2006)

Najjar v. Safeway, Inc., 203 Or App 486, 125 P3d 807 (2005)

Freeman v. Stuart, 203 Or App 191, 125 P3d 786 (2005)

McFadden v. Dryvit Systems, Inc., 338 Or 528, 112 P3d 1191 (2005)

Schnitzer Investment Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London,
197 Or App 147, 104 P3d 1162 (2005)

Bramel v. Brandt, 190 Or App 432, 79 P3d 375 (2003)

Association of Unit Owners of Bridgeview Condominiums v. Dunning,
187 Or App 595, 69 P3d 788 (2003)

Shoup v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 335 Or 164, 61 P3d 928 (2003)

Kambury v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 185 Or App 635, 60 P3d 1103 (2003)

Boothby v. D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., 184 Or App 138, 55 P3d 1113 (2002)

Kambury v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 334 Or 367, 50 P3d 1163 (2002)

Delaney v. Clifton, 180 Or App 119, 41 P3d 1099 (2002)

Lewis-Williamson v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co,, 179 Or App 491, 39 P3d 947 (2002)

Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. v. Lam Research Corp., 174 Or App 513, 27 P3d 493 (2001)

Kambury ex rel. Kambury v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 173 Or App 372, 21 P3d 1089 (2001)

Muresan v. Philadelphia Romanian Pentecostal Church, 154 Or App 465, 962 P2d 711 (1998)

Smith v. Urich, 151 Or App 40, 947 P2d 1125 (1997)

Stricklin v. Soued, 147 Or App 399, 936 P2d 398 (1997)

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Inc. v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co.,
324 Or 184, 923 P2d 1200 (1996)

Perry v. Express Services, Inc., 143 Or App 321, 923 P2d 673 (1996)

Truck Ins. Exchange of Farmers Ins. Group v. Century Indem. Co., 76 Wash App 527, 887 P2d 455 (1995)

Lund v. Arbonne Intern., Inc., 132 Or App 87, 887 P2d 817 (1994)

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Inc. v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co.,
126 Or App 689, 870 P2d 260 (1994)

Shoemaker v. Management Recruiters Intern., Inc., 125 Or App 568, 865 P2d 1331 (1993)

Britt v. Kinzua Corp., 124 Or App 658, 863 P2d 507 (1993)

Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon v. Hartford Ins. Co. of Midwest, 114 Or App 436, 833 P2d 1382 (1992)

Hoffman Const. Co. of Alaska v. Fred S. James & Co. of Oregon, 313 Or 464, 836 P2d 703 (1992)

Valley Industries, a Div. of Fisher Group, Inc. v. Scott Fetzer Co., 113 Or App 349, 832 P2d 1262 (1992)

Edwards v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest, 110 Or App 480, 823 P2d 439 (1992)

Hoffman Const. Co. of Alaska v. Fred S. James & Co. of Oregon, 106 Or App 329, 807 P2d 808 (1991)

Washer v. Clatsop Care and Rehabilitation Dist., 98 Or App 232, 778 P2d 987 (1989)

Irwin Yacht Sales, Inc. v. Carver Boat Corp., 98 Or App 195, 778 P2d 982 (1989)

Wilson v. Tobiassen, 97 Or App 527, 777 P2d 1379 (1989)

Stricklin v. Stricklin, 97 Or App 227, 776 P2d 18 (1989)

Dunn v. Gracia, 95 Or App 150, 768 P2d 419 (1989)

Gattman v. Favro, 306 Or 11, 757 P2d 402 (1988)

Gattman v. Favro, 86 Or App 227, 739 P2d 572 (1987)

Spray v. Continental Cas. Co., 86 Or App 156, 739 P2d 40 (1987)

Relational Systems Intern. Corp. v. Cable, 85 Or App 541, 737 P2d 645 (1987)

Relational Systems Intern. Corp. v. Cable, 303 Or 71, 733 P2d 1379 (1987)

Relational Systems Intern. Corp. v. Cable, 302 Or 471, 731 P2d 432 (1987)

Bachman v. Medical Engineering Corp., 81 Or App 85, 724 P2d 858 (1986)

Diamond Fruit Growers, Inc. v. Krack Corp., 794 F2d 1440 (9th Cir 1986)

Relational Systems Intern. Corp. v. Cable, 79 Or App 712, 720 P2d 402 (1986)

Rice v. Oriental Fireworks Co., 75 Or App 627, 707 P2d 1250 (1985)

Burkett v. Freedom Arms, Inc., 299 Or 551, 704 P2d 118 (1985)

May v. Josephine Memorial Hosp., Inc., 70 Or App 620, 690 P2d 1118 (1984)

May v. Josephine Memorial Hosp., Inc., 297 Or 525, 686 P2d 1015 (1984)

May v. Josephine Memorial Hosp., Inc., 64 Or App 672, 669 P2d 824 (1983)

Mayflower Farms v. Tech-Mark, Inc., 64 Or App 121, 666 P2d 1384 (1983)

Oksenholt v. Lederle Laboratories, a Div. of American Cyanamid Corp., 294 Or 213, 656 P2d 293 (1982)

Blackledge v. Harrington, 291 Or 691, 634 P2d 243 (1981)

Oksenholt v. Lederle Laboratories, 51 Or App 419, 625 P2d 1357 (1981)

Blackledge v. Harrington, 50 Or App 493, 624 P2d 119 (1981)

Liedtke v. Paccar, Inc., 44 Or App 461, 605 P2d 1377 (1980)

Can-Key Industries, Inc. v. Industrial Leasing Corp., 286 Or 173, 593 P2d 1125 (1979)

Trials, Arbitrations and Administrative Hearings

The following is a representative, although not all-inclusive, list of trials, evidentiary hearings, and arbitrations which I have litigated over the last 30 years. This list includes more than 75 trials, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. In these various proceedings, I represented the party with the burden of proof (most typically the plaintiff) approximately 45% of the time and represented the defendant 55% of the time.

Year Case Type Case Name Jury
1978 Auto/Property Damage A.B. Boyd v. Bridges Yes
1979 Indemnity Cobb Rock Yes
1979 Fraud/UCC PMH v. Burroughs Yes
1979 Criminal Unknown No
1979 Contract Pietrok v. Wilson Yes
1980 Subrogation Mtn. View v. Mid-Oregon No
1980 Collection B&M v. Millner No
1980 Freight Damage TechMark v. Bekins Yes

1980

1980

Slip and Fall

Products Liability

Meeks v. Safeway

Rappaport v. Baltimore Spice

Yes

Yes

1980-81 Bailment The Anchorage Yes
1981 Real Estate Int’l Investments v. Cornish Yes
1981 Provisional Process Exploration Co. No
1981 Product Liability Gentry v. General Tire Yes
1982 Auto Clark v. Rohrback No
1982 Slip and fall Cohen v. Safeway Yes
1983 Faulty Construction Aetna v. Connors Yes
1983 Product Liability See v. Remington Yes
1984 Premises Mueller v. Safeway Yes
1984 Commercial Nel Tech v. Chomerics Yes
1984 Medical Malpractice Tyler v. Surbaugh Yes
1985 Employers Liability Act Bugg v. Cascade Yes
1985 Adverse Poss McBarron No
1985 Product Liability Mortimer v. Snap-On Tools Yes
1985 Med Mal McKay v. Miracle Yes
1986 Med Mal May v. Josephine Yes
1986 Trip/Fall Pesonen v. Safeway Yes
1986 Assault/Broken Jaw Albro v. Robinson Yes
1986 Indemnity DF v. LaValley Yes
1986 Knife Assault Stoltz v. Webb’s Yes
1986 Product Liability DF v. Krack Yes
1987 Sexual Abuse Wilson v. BSA Yes
1987 Dog Bite Blackledge v. Harrington Yes
1988 Contract Washer v. CCR Yes
1989 Assault Gattman v. Borelli Yes
1989 Breach of Settlement Svehaug v. Brown Yes
1990 Fraud Marine Midland v. US Bank Yes
1988-92 Undue Influence/Partition of 300 Acres of Land Stricklin No
1991 Hospital Liability Schultz v. St. Anthony Yes
1992 Auto Fridley v. Air Data Yes
1992-93 Insurance Coverage Hartford Yes
1993 Employment S. Graphics v. Spedick Yes
1993-94 Product Liability Collins v. Keller Yes
1994 Indemnity Safeway v. Adv. Entry No
1995 Personal Injury Reed v. U-Haul Yes
1995 Landlord Tenant Gage v. Utterback Yes
1996 Hospital Liability and Medical Malpractice Jones v. St. Elizabeth Yes
1996 Defamation Muresan v. Popp Yes
1996 Fraud/Construction Unknown Yes
1997 Indemnity Britt v. Kinzua Yes
1998 Negligence St. Anthony Day Care Yes
1999 Trespass and Prescriptive Easement Hennings v. Perin Yes
1999 Counseling Mal Practice Delaney v. Farley No
2000 Conversion S&S Seafood v. Crystal Ocean Yes
2001 Truck/Auto Rose v. Sierra Pac. Yes
2002 Product Liability Scherer v. Buttercreek Yes
2003 Medical Malpractice Jensen v. St. Anthony Yes
2003 Product Liability Jordan v. Hoover Yes
2006 Fire Subrogation Miramont Pt. v. Lackman

Yes