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RESSER v. BOISE-CASCADE CORP.

No. 22575; SC 25420.

587 P.2d 80 (1978)

284 Or. 385

William D. RESSER, Respondent, v. BOISE-CASCADE CORPORATION AND THE VALLEY & SILETZ RAILROAD COMPANY, Corporations, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, Department No. 1.

Decided November 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Williams, of Williams, Spooner & Graves, P.C., Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

John S. Stone, of Hayter, Shetterly, Noble & Weiser, Dallas, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and HOLMAN, HOWELL and LENT, JJ.

HOWELL, Justice.

This is an action for damages resulting from personal injuries and property damage sustained by plaintiff when he collided with a railroad locomotive operated by defendant Boise-Cascade Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, defendant Valley & Siletz Railroad Company. The jury returned a verdict finding defendants to have been 63 per cent negligent and plaintiff to have been 37 per cent negligent. Plaintiff's damages were determined to be...

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