Dryden v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Plaintiff seeks damages arising from alleged acts of defendant Gordon. She claims that Gordon, as an employe of defendant State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF), and while acting in the course and scope of his employment, negligently struck her with an automobile. Her second claim, in the alternative, alleges that Gordon intentionally struck her with the automobile.1 The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the first claim, because compliance with the notice requirements of the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA), ORS 30.260 to ORS 30.300, was not alleged. The court also…