Cameron v. Oregon, Department of Transportation

Plaintiffs brought this negligence action against defendants for personal injuries and property damage. The court granted summary judgment to defendants, holding that plaintiffs had failed to meet the notice requirements for actions against a public body, ORS 30.275, and plaintiffs assign that ruling as error. We reverse.

The undisputed facts before the court on the state’s motion for summary judgment are that, on May 30, 1982, in the Salt Creek Falls Tunnel on Highway 58, plaintiff William Cameron lost control of the vehicle in which his wife, plaintiff Ruth Cameron, was a passenger and…