Legal Opinion
Laushway v. Slate
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided September 10, 1964PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodwin, J.
The plaintiff was awarded damages by the jury in an action arising out of an automobile collision. The defendants who are appealing are highway contractors who for some weeks prior to the collision had been engaged in widening the section of road where the accident occurred. Donald McKinney, an uninsured motorist, was also a defendant, but he has not appealed the judgment.
Prior to this litigation, Allstate Insurance Company, the liability insurance carrier for the plaintiff, had settled with the plaintiff according to a provision of the insurance contract which obligated Allstate to pay the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lehr v. GRESHAM BERRY GROWERSOregon Supreme Court · 1962
- Furrer v. Yew Creek Logging Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1956
- McCarthy v. Coos Head Timber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1956
- Napier v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1959
- Waters v. BIGELOWOregon Supreme Court · 1957
3Cited by4 opinions
- Link v. MassieOregon Supreme Court · 1977
- Baker v. Southern Pacific TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Capitol Fuels, Inc. v. Clark Equipment Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
- Ray Arthur Baker, Individually and a & R Lumber Sales, Inc., an Oregon Corporation v. Southern Pacific Transportation, a Delaware Corporation, a & R Lumber Sales, Inc., an Oregon Corporation v. Southern Pacific Transportation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976