Stovall v. Perius

In this personal injury action involving two defendants, the jury found the City of Portland (City) 75 percent at fault. The City assigns four errors, each concerning jury instructions. Defendant Perius (Perius), whom the jury found seven percent at fault, cross-appeals, raising two questions about jury instructions and one about the calculation of damages. We find no error and affirm.

On the night of his injury, plaintiff attended a party at a home on S.W. Taylor’s Ferry Road in Washington County. The house was on a portion of the road that runs generally in an east-west direction. Shortly…