Watts v. Lane County

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict for Lane County on his claims for battery and false imprisonment. He also appeals a supplemental judgment for costs that included an award of sanctions to the county pursuant to ORCP 46 C. He asserts that the trial court erred in concluding that former ORS 426.280(6) gave the county immunity from his claims and in awarding the county $3,500 under ORCP 46 C for the expense of establishing the truth of matters for which the county had sought pretrial admissions. We reduce the amount of the award in the supplemental…