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HOWARD v. FOSTER & KLEISER CO.

217 Or. 516 (1958)

332 P.2d 621

342 P.2d 780

HOWARD v. FOSTER & KLEISER CO.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed December 3, 1958.

Petition for rehearing denied August 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Vergeer argued the cause for appellant. On the brief were Vergeer & Samuels; Wood, Matthiessen, Wood and Tatum; John R. Brooks and Charles S. Crookham; all of Portland.

John J. Higgins III argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Black, Kendall & Fain; all of Portland.

Vergreer & Samuels and Charles S. Crookham, Wood, Matthiessen, Wood and Tatum and John R. Brooke, Portland, for petition.

Black, Kendall & Tremaine and John L. Higgins, Portland, contra.

Nels Peterson, Frank H. Pozzi, Berkeley Lent, Donald R. Wilson, Charles Paulson, B.A. Green, Burl Green, Donald S. Richardson, James B. Griswold, Phil H. Ringle, Jr., all of Portland, filed a brief as amici curiae.

AFFIRMED.

ROSSMAN, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered by the circuit court in favor of the defendant notwithstanding the fact that the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $25,000. The defendant is an outdoor billboard advertising company for which the plaintiff was working upon one of its billboards at the time of his injury August 26, 1953. The cause was submitted to the jury upon charges of negligence after...

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