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Damages 2007 Cumulative Supplement

Damages will help you: • Evaluate a case quickly and competently. • Analyze both plaintiff and defense strategies in damage claims. • Determine the types of damage awards and remedies available to your client.

Early-bird pricing—order by June 29, 2007, and receive a 10% discount. From a simple breach of action to a complicated products liability claim, Damages covers a wide variety of legal actions giving rise to damages. The 2007 cumulative supplement updates the 1998 revision through several legislative sessions and recent case , and includes discussions on:

• Recent opinions of forseeability • Most recent case law on • Discussion of when nominal damages are recoverable • How damages are measured in cases involving securities- violations • Changes in definition ofprevailing party in regards to attorney fee awards • Constitutionality of caps on and when caps on noneconomic damages do not apply • Distinctions between a CERCLA §113 contribution action and a §107 cost-recovery action, and defenses against liability • And much more

From compensatory damages to punitive damages to non monetary remedies, the award of damages is what brings your client to the civil courtroom. Damages is your essential resource to determine the types of damage awards and remedies that may be available to your client. Damages 2007 Cumulative Supplement

Contents

1 Compensatory Damages 11 Damages in Products Allen E. Eraut Liability Cases Todd A. Bradley 2 Nominal Damages Kathleen J. Hansa Rastetter 12 Loss of Services James C. Edmonds 3 Punitive Damages Jeffrey A. Trautman Reginald C. Nettles 13 Wrongful Death 4 Pain and Suffering James P. McCurdy Michele E. Stone 14 and Invasion 5 Mental Distress of Privacy D. Gary Christensen Steven H. Pratt Arne I. Cherkoss 6 Loss of Earnings and Earning Capacity 15 Civil Rights and Employment Elaine R. Albrich Discrimination Andrea D. Coit 7 Medical Expenses Donald E. Templeton 16 Brian R. Talcott Benjamin M. Bloom 8 Impaired Living Capacity 17 Interference with Contractual Jeffrey D. Munns and Business Relations 9 Contributory Thomas M. Triplett and Comparative Fault 18 Securities Laws Nicholas E. Wheeler Steve D. Larson Jason L. Dotts 10 Damages in Automobile Accident Cases 19 Physical Injury to or Loss of Thomas D’Amore Chattels Paul B. Heatherman

EDITORS: Richard A. Lee, B.A., Grinnell College (1981); J.D., University of Or- egon (1984); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1984 and the Wash- ington State Bar Association since 1987; partner, Bodyfelt Mount Stroup & Chamberlain LLP, Portland. Hon. Karsten H. Rasmussen, B.A., University of Oregon (1978); M.A., University of Chicago (1980); J.D., University of Oregon (1983); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1983; judge, Lane County Circuit Court, Eugene. Pamela J. Stendahl, B.A., University of California, Irvine (1983); J.D. (cum laude), Lewis & Clark Law School (1989); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1989 and the Washington State Bar Association since 1995; of counsel, Bodyfelt Mount Stroup & Chamberlain LLP, Portland. 20 Dispossession of Personal 28 Land Sale Property Charles E. Corrigan Brian B. Williams T. Chad Plaster 21 Invasions of Real Property, 29 Special Damages for Breach Including Environmental of Contract Damage Bryan P. Murphy Carson D. Bowler Brien Flanagan 30 Loss of Profits Justine Fischer 22 Condemnation Gregory R. Mowe 31 Michelle G. Rudd Gary I. Grenley Kelly Meltzer 23 Tortious Injury to Property in Admiralty 32 Attorney Fees and Costs Richard J. Kuhn Michael B. Hallinan 24 The Standard Fire Insurance 33 Prejudgment Interest Policy and Other Direct-Loss Jan K. Kitchel Policies Sara Kobak Beth Skillern 34 Mitigation of Damages 25 Contracts for the Sale Rohn M. Roberts of Goods 35 Collateral-Source Rule Mark A. Friel Meagan A. Flynn Jason L. Dotts Simeon D. Rapoport

26 Employment Contracts 36 Additur and Remittitur Robert Lane Carey Gordon T. Carey, Jr. Andrew M. Schpak

27 Construction Contracts John Folawn

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