Rule 5.57 - RESPONDENT'S ANSWERING BRIEF: CROSS-ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR(1) A respondent must cross-assign as error any trial court ruling described in subsection (2) of this rule in order to raise the claim of error in the appeal.(2) A cross-assignment of error is appropriate:(a) If, by challenging the trial court ruling, the respondent does not seek to reverse or modify the judgment on appeal; and(b) If the relief sought by the appellant were to be granted, respondent would desire reversal or modification of an intermediate ruling of the trial court.(3) The appellant's answer to a cross-assignment of error shall be in the form prescribed by ORAP 5.55 for a respondent's answering brief and shall be: (a) Contained in a separate section of the appellant's reply brief, if a reply brief is permitted under ORAP 5.70, and designated "response to cross-assignment of error;" or(b) Filed within 21 days after the filing of the respondent's answering brief, if a reply brief is not permitted under ORAP 5.70, and entitled "appellant's answer to cross-assignment of error."(4) A respondent may file a reply to an appellant's answer to a cross-assignment of error only if the nature of the case is one in which a reply brief is permitted under ORAP 5.70 and ORAP 5.80(3). The reply must comply with the requirements for a reply brief prescribed by ORAP 5.05, and it must be filed within 21 days after the filing of the appellant's answer to a cross-assignment of error.Amended November 21, 2016, effective 1/1/2017.