Ostrander v. Alliance Corp.

Defendant Alliance Corporation, a road construction company, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in this civil negligence case. A jury found defendant liable for plaintiffs injuries, which occurred when plaintiff, while riding his motorcycle, drove over a steel plate in the road that had been installed by defendant and fell. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in four particulars and that we should reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial. We reverse and remand.

In the fall of 1996, defendant was hired by the City of Portland to assist with a sewer excavation project…