Oregon Supreme Court to Review Scope of Employer Liability Law

Oregon’s statutory Employer Liability Law (ELL) (ORS 654.305) makes indirect employers liable for an employee’s injuries under certain circumstances. An indirect employer is one who: “(1) is engaged with the plaintiff’s direct employer in a common enterprise; (2) retains the right to control the manner or method in which the risk-producing activity was performed; or (3) actually controls the manner or method in which the risk producing activity is performed.”…
By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP