Minato v. Ferrare

Plaintiff Minato was standing in the middle of a road when he was hit by defendant Ferrare’s car. The issues presented by this case are whether the worker in the road doctrine is accepted in Oregon, and if a worker in the road is a pedestrian. We hold that the doctrine is no longer necessary and reverse the Court of Appeals.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Minato worked on a private survey crew. At the time of the accident his job required him to hold a plumb bob over the centerline of the highway so that the surveyor in a nearby field could sight into the bob to find a section…