Gish v. Douglas County

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of this action for negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract for failure to state claims.

In June, 1987, plaintiff was a tenured employee of the City of Roseburg, serving as a dispatcher in its police department. Plans were underway to merge the city’s dispatch functions into the county’s Department of Communications. Plaintiff and other city dispatchers attended a meeting at which John Warren, director of the county department, spoke. Plaintiff alleges that Warren made these representations:

“(a) That the City of Roseburg Police…