Lasley v. COMBINED TRANSPORT, INC.

Plaintiff petitions for reconsideration of our opinion in Lasley v. Combined Transport, Inc., 234 Or App 11, 227 P3d 1200 (2010). We allow the petition for reconsideration, clarify our decision, and adhere to it as clarified.

Decedent, plaintiffs son, died in a car accident. Plaintiff then brought negligence claims against two defendants — Combined Transport, a trucking company that spilled a large load of glass onto the roadway causing a four-mile traffic jam, and Clemmer, whose vehicle struck decedent’s vehicle as it approached the back of the traffic jam. Clemmer was intoxicated at the time…