Bell v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District

Plaintiff, decedent’s personal representative, appeals from a general judgment of dismissal in this personal injury-action against a public body, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet). Plaintiff assigns error to the trial court’s allowance of TriMet’s motion to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds, based on the two-year limitation period in ORS 30.275(9). Plaintiff argues that, in the circumstances presented here, the applicable period for commencing his action is the three-year period in ORS 30.075(1), and not the two-year limitation of ORS 30.275(9). For…