Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Powers v. Quigley (2008)
Most recently applied in 328 Or. App. 471 - Mendoza v. Xtreme Truck Sales, LLC (October 2023)
1975 c.512 §1; 1979 c.284 §49
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
As used in ORS 17.065 to 17.085, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Compromise” means an agreement to allow judgment to be given for a sum or value specified.
(2) “Employer” includes any agent or representative of an employer.
(3) “Release” means an agreement to abandon a claim or right to the person against whom the claim exists.
(4) “Settlement” means an agreement to accept as full and complete compensation for a claim a sum or value specified.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.