Woodbury v. CH2M Hill, Inc.

Plaintiff was injured when he fell while disassembling a temporary scaffold at a construction site. He initiated this action against defendant, the general contractor, which had retained plaintiffs employer to perform certain work at the site. He alleged claims for negligence and violation of the Oregon Employer Liability Law (ELL). The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, awarding economic damages totaling $6,750,000 and noneconomic damages totaling $4,750,000.

Defendant appealed, assigning error to the failure of the trial court to direct a verdict on both the negligence and the…