Cole v. Multnomah County

*213SCHWAB, C. J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants in this negligence action. The principal issues are whether contributory negligence was a proper defense on the facts of this case, and whether plaintiff was erroneously foreclosed from relying on state and county manuals concerning operation of local correctional facilities.

Plaintiff, while incarcerated at Rocky Butte Jail, was injured when he set his bedding on fire in what he alleges was a suicide attempt. There was evidence that plaintiff had been a reasonably well-behaved and adjusted prisoner; but that during about a month…