Border v. Indian Head Industries, Inc.

GRABER, P. J., pro tempore

Plaintiff appeals a judgment for defendant in this product liability action. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiffs injury occurred after the expiration of the eight-year period of ultimate repose. ORS 30.905. We reverse.

Plaintiff was injured on February 5, 1986, while trying to remove mud and other debris from the brake casing on a truck that he drove for his employer. The brake’s head assembly, which defendant had manufactured, exploded. Pieces of it hit plaintiff in the face. Defendant had manufactured the…