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HUMPHERS v. FIRST INTERSTATE BANK

A 82-09-05889; CA A28047; SC S30908.

696 P.2d 527 (1985)

72 Or.App. 706

Ramona HUMPHERS, Respondent On Review, v. FIRST INTERSTATE BANK of Oregon, Personal Representative for the Estate of Harry E. Mackey, Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia S.C. Shanahan, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With her on the briefs were Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., and Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland.

David J. Sweeney, Portland, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the briefs were Judith A. Scholz, Mark B. Weintraub and Gilbertson, Brownstein, Rask, Sweeney, Kerr & Grim, Portland.

LINDE, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether plaintiff has stated a claim for damages in alleging that her former physician revealed her identity to a daughter whom she had given up for adoption.

In 1959, according to the complaint, plaintiff, then known as Ramona Elwess or by her maiden name, Ramona Jean Peek, gave birth to a daughter in St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon. She was unmarried at the time, and her physician, Dr. Harry E. Mackey...

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