Beauregard v. Barrett

Plaintiff appeals from a directed verdict entered in favor of defendant after a jury trial. She sued for personal injuries sustained when she fell from a cliff. We affirm.

Plaintiff, her family, and their dog stayed at defendant’s motel on the Oregon coast. Plaintiff took the dog for a walk. She followed what she thought was a path from defendant’s property to the beach. The path zigzagged steeply down to a five-foot cliff. Because plaintiff was unable to go back up the path, she sat on the ledge and tried to lower herself to the beach. She still could not reach the ground, so she dropped to…