Legal Opinion

Woolston v. Wells

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided August 14, 1984No. 81-4-428, CA A24025, SC 29695PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*550LENT, J.

The issue is whether a landlord’s possible liability to a tenant’s invitee injured by a condition on the premises retained in the landlord’s control is properly described in the language of 2 Restatement (Second) of Torts, §§ 343 and 343A(1) (hereinafter §§ 343 and 343A(1)) since the legislative adoption of comparative fault and the abolition of implied assumption of risk. We hold that those sections of the Restatement are no longer proper statements of the law of this state in such a case and approve the analysis of the Court of Appeals, Woolston v. Wells, 63 Or App 7, 663 P2d 408…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Dawson v. Payless for DrugsOregon Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Shepler v. Weyerhaeuser Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Blair v. Mt. Hood Meadows Development Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Thompson v. WeaverOregon Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Fazzolari v. Portland School District No. 1JOregon Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Gaston v. ParsonsOregon Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Harrison v. TaylorIdaho Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Klopp v. Wackenhut Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Koutoufaris v. DickSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992

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