Davis v. United States Employers Council, Inc.

*166HASELTON, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment, which was entered after allowance of an involuntary dismissal, in an action for workplace personal injury. The trial court concluded that the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation law, ORS 656.018, barred plaintiffs claim, because plaintiffs proof was legally insufficient to establish that that his injury resulted “from the deliberate intention of the employer * * * to produce such injury.” ORS 656.156(2).

The trial court granted the defendant1 employer’s motion for involuntary dismissal based on its assessment of…