Gorham v. Swanson

McAllister, j.

This is a third party action by a surviving spouse for the alleged wrongful death of a workman and raises again the application of the “joint supervision or control” and the “pickup or delivery” provisions of ORS 656.154.

The decedent, Wayne E. Gorham, was employed as a truck driver by Wilhelm Trucking Company. On July 9, 1966, while his truck was being loaded with lumber at defendants’ sawmill in Noti, decedent was fatally injured and died leaving the plaintiff widow surviving him. Both of the employers, Wilhelm Trucking Company and Swanson Bros. Lumber Co. were subject to the…