Faverty v. McDonald's Restaurants of Oregon, Inc.

*517LANDAU, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding damages to plaintiff for injuries he suffered when his van was struck by a car driven by defendant’s off-duty employee, Matt Theurer. Plaintiffs theory is that defendant was negligent in working Theurer unreasonably long hours, knowing that he would then be a hazard to himself and others when he drove himself home from the work place. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of several motions, to its overruling of an exception to one of plaintiff s jury instructions and to its refusal to allow the jury to…