Motions For Attorney Fee Award Denied; Judge Says No Party Prevailed On Merits

( January 3, 2025, 11:28 AM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon federal judge refused to award attorney fees to an insured or to her former attorneys who filed a complaint-in-intervention regarding the enforceability of the attorney-fee contract between the attorneys and the insured because there was no prevailing party as the claims-in-intervention were dismissed based on claim preclusion and not based on the merits of the intervenors’ claims....