MOCK v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION


446 P.2d 125 (1968)

Stanley Wayne MOCK, a Minor, by Irene M. Mock, His Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Corporation, Doing Business As Jones Veneer & Plywood Co., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon. Department 2.

Decided October 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray G. Brown, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Frank B. Reid, Eugene.

William E. Flinn, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Jaqua, Wheatley & Gardner, Eugene.

Before PERRY, C.J., and GOODWIN, DENECKE, HOLMAN, and LUSK, JJ.


GOODWIN, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered in favor of the employer in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained when a fellow workman set fire to the plaintiff's clothing after the clothing had become soaked in acetone during a scuffle with two other workmen in a plywood manufacturing plant.

As the intentional misconduct of the workman who ignited the plaintiff's clothing was wholly outside the scope...

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