Legal Opinion
Byers v. Santiam Ford, Inc.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1978No. 47988, SC 25219PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*413RICHARDSON, J., Pro Tempore.
Defendant appeals a jury verdict awarding general and punitive damages for fraud and violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act (ORS 646.638) in the sale of an automobile. Defendant makes two assignments of error. First, it is urged the court gave contradictory instructions regarding the burden of proof necessary to establish common law fraud. Secondly, defendant assigns as error the exclusion from evidence of offers of compromise made after the complaint was filed.
The defendant is an automobile dealership engaged in the sale of new and used cars and in automobile…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. ManriqueOregon Supreme Court · 1975
- State of Oregon v. LongOregon Supreme Court · 1952
- State v. HockingsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1977
- Leoni v. DelanyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- Berger v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1956
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. WarnerOregon Supreme Court · 1978
- Troy Swinton v. Potomac Corporation, Dba Crescent Cardboard Company, Dba crescent/u.s. MatCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Riley Hill General Contractor, Inc. v. Tandy Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1987
- Whinston v. Kaiser Foundation HospitalOregon Supreme Court · 1990
- Marshall v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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