Verardo v. Dept. of Transportation

442 Argued and submitted March 12, 2021, affirmed May 4, 2022 Jared VERARDO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an agency of the State of Oregon, Defendant-Respondent. Lincoln County Circuit Court 19CV10903; A173167

510 P3d 983

Plaintiff brought this action against the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), alleging that he suffered personal injuries as “a direct and proximate result of defendant’s negligence in failing to properly maintain” a guardrail on Highway 20 outside of Lincoln City. He challenges the trial court’s grant- ing of ODOT’s motion for summary…