Hansen v. the Bedell Co.

One suffering damage as a result of concurrent acts of negligence of two or more persons, though acting disconnectedly, has a right of action against the negligent persons jointly and separately: First Sutherland on Damages, 267-269, note 4 in Section 140; Reader v. Ottis, 147 Minn. 335 (180 N. W. 117, 16 A. L. R. 463), and extended annotations beginning on page 465. A very instructive case is also found in Anderson v. McLaren, 114 Wash. 33 (194 Pac. 828). See Ahern v. Oregon Telephone Co., 24 Or. 276, 291 (33 Pac. 403, 35 Pac. 549, 22 L. R. A. 635). It seems that the court below relied on…