Hall v. City of Hillsboro

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint filed under the Oregon tort claims act, ORS 30.260 to 30.300, against the city of Hillsboro. Plaintiffs, owners of residential property, allege that they purchased their property relying upon defendant’s representation that the abutting street would be developed as a city street, that defendant’s intentional and negligent failure to enforce city ordinances resulted in the developer constructing a substandard street, and that they were damaged in the amount of $38,627.90.

The court heard the matter as a motion for summary judgment upon the…