Bray v. American Property Management Corp.

This wrongful death case is before us on remand, Bray v. American Property Management Corp., 329 Or 317, 984 P2d 854 (1999), following the Supreme Court’s decisions in Fearing v. Bucher, 328 Or 367, 977 P2d 1163 (1999), and Lourim v. Swensen, 328 Or 380, 977 P2d 1157 (1999). In our original opinion, we concluded that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and, specifically, that defendant was not vicariously liable for its employee’s conduct in stabbing and killing plaintiffs decedent. Bray v. American Property Management Corp., 156 Or App 356, 965 P2d 426…