Keeland v. Yamhill County

Plaintiff, while confined with 10 or 12 other men in a dormitory cell in the Yamhill County jail, was injured when one of the inmates threw a razor blade at him. His negligence action against the defendant resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict. The defendant’s assignments of error on appeal present five questions: (1) Was the county immune from tort liability? (2) Assuming tort liability, was there any evidence of negligence? (3) Was a witness offered as an expert qualified as such? (4) Did a hypothetical question put to the expert witness constitute prejudicial error because of a misstatement of…