Cheyne v. Deike

(Pro Tempore).

This is a personal injury action arising under the guest passenger statute, ORS 30.115, ① in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained while a passenger in a car operated by defendant Mary Lynn Deike and owned and maintained by defendant Harold Deike under the family purpose doctrine. The jury, after a lengthy trial, returned a verdict for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. "We affirm.

Defendants contend that the trial court erred in denying defendants’ motion for a mistrial; and that the court erred in its instructions to the jury.

The trial lasted two weeks,…