July 20, 2020
An Oregon federal judge on Monday refused to reconsider his ruling awarding only $179,000 of the $715,000 in fees requested by lawyers who helped a woman convince the court that USAA had acted in bad faith when it refused to cover her crash with an uninsured driver.
June 15, 2020
An Oregon federal judge has ruled that lawyers who helped a driver win claims in a two-phase trial against her insurer will be paid only $179,000 for the second phase, or a quarter of the $715,000 they'd requested.
November 08, 2016
An Oregon federal judge has recused herself from the second trial phase of a car crash victim's coverage battle with USAA Casualty Insurance Co., saying she can't be a neutral factfinder because the parties exposed her to too much information during a protracted and contentious discovery process.
January 29, 2016
A woman battling USAA Casualty Insurance Co. over its refusal to pay out her policy after an uninsured driver severely injured her during a police chase urged an Oregon federal court Friday to sanction the insurer, saying it made repeated misrepresentations about its electronic records.