Opinion ID: 1121486
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: intentional failure to perform

Text: There were two causes of complaint based on failure to perform a contract of employment. In the driveway access cause of complaint, the trial panel found the accused not guilty of intentionally failing to carry out a contract of employment, DR 7-101(A)(2). [8] We agree. Another lawyer in the accused's office appeared at the court hearing when the accused was unavoidably delayed by unseasonably bad weather in Central Oregon. The hearing did not go well, because a piece of documentary evidence that was important to the accused's client lacked a certification thought necessary to its admissibility in evidence. The hearing resulted in a temporary restraining order being entered against the clients. That poor result does not clearly and convincingly prove that the accused intentionally failed to carry out his contract of employment. Although ultimately ineffectual, his efforts were substantial. In any event, poor results alone neither make a fee excessive nor demonstrate an intent not to perform the agreed work. In another case, one to establish a guardianship, the evidence does not clearly convince us of the intentional nature of the failure to complete the guardianship.