Daugherty v. Oregon State Highway Commission

This is an appeal by defendant from a jury verdict and judgment for $50,000 in a wrongful death action (ORS 30.010-30.100). Decedent was killed when the vehicle she was driving skidded on an icy bridge and collided with a logging truck.

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleged:

“That the death of Mary L. Daugherty resulted from the negligence of the defendant in one or more of the following particulars:

“1. In failing to inspect, care for and maintain Highway 47 and the bridge constituting a part thereof where it crossed Scoggin[s] Creek so as to discover and alleviate the slick and icy…