Westfall v. State ex rel. Oregon Department of Corrections

Plaintiff brought this action against the state for negligence and false imprisonment based on an alleged improper calculation by Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) employees of plaintiffs prison-release date. The trial court granted the state’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that the DOC employees who calculated plaintiffs sentence were performing a discretionary function and, therefore, the state was immune under ORS 30.265(3)(c) from tort liability arising from the employees’ actions. Plaintiff assigns error to that decision, and, reviewing the facts in the light most…