Statutory Tort Compensation & Wrongful Conviction Compensation

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 The Office of the State Court Administrator (OSCA) has calculated the annual adjustment to the limitations on liability of state and local public bodies for personal injury, death, and property damage or destruction. Based on these calculations, the limitations are adjusted as shown in this table:

Public Body	Claimant(s)	Claim	Adjusted Limit
state	single	injury or death	$ 2,418,100
state	multiple	injury or death	$ 4,836,200
local	single	injury or death	$ 806,100
local	multiple	injury or death	$ 1,612,000
state or local	single	property damage or destruction	$ 132,200
state or local	multiple	property damage or destruction	$ 661,000

This year, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 1584 (Oregon Laws 2022, chapter 105), effective on March 23, 2022.  The measure allows a wrongfully convicted person to file a petition seeking compensation in the Marion County Circuit Court or in the circuit court for the county of conviction.  The Office of the State Court Administrator (OSCA) has published the following wrongful conviction compensation amounts for petitions filed on or after March 23, 2022, and before July 1, 2023:

For petitions filed	Compensation for Wrongful Conviction
on or after 03/23/2022 and before 07/01/2023	$65,000 for each year of imprisonment $25,000 for each additional year served on parole or post-prison supervision or was required to register as a sex offender, whichever is greater