(DOWNLOAD) "Brown v. Washington County" by Oregon Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Brown v. Washington County
- Author : Oregon Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Defendant Washington County appeals from a judgment in a negligence action arising from an incident in which an inmate, Charles Brown, escaped from the Washington County Community Corrections Center and killed his brother, Stephen Brown. Defendant assigns error to the trial courts denial of its motions for directed verdict or judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) on issues of liability under section 319 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965) and principles of general foreseeability. Plaintiff, Stephen Browns personal representative and widow, cross-appeals, asserting that the court erred in submitting the issue of Charles Browns proportionate fault to the jury and consequently reducing plaintiffs judgment against defendant. We affirm on the appeal and reverse and remand on the cross-appeal.