Washer v. Clatsop Care & Rehabilitation District

This case presents the questions whether a health district board of directors is authorized, as a matter of law, to reimburse a board member for expenses incurred in the performance of district business and, if the board was so authorized, whether the jury should decide if the board, as a matter of fact, obligated itself to do so. We hold that the board has authority to reimburse, and we remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings in light of this opinion.

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The Clatsop Care and Rehabilitation District was formed in March 1978,1 and plaintiff was elected to the Board of Directors…