Highfield v. Hoffman Construction Co.

Plaintiffs brought this action for negligence based on violations of common law standards of care and on violations of the Employers’ Liability Act (ELA). ORS 654.305 et seq. Defendant appeals from judgments on jury verdicts in favor of plaintiffs. We affirm.

Plaintiff1 was injured when he fell two floors from a building under construction. His second amended complaint alleged, as a first claim for relief, that defendant was negligent in several particulars. He then alleged, as a second claim, that defendant, in several particulars,

“failed to use every device, care and/or precaution which it…