HORNBECK v. WESTERN STATES FIRE APPARATUS, INC.


572 P.2d 620 (1977)

280 Or. 647

Sam HORNBECK, Appellant, v. WESTERN STATES FIRE APPARATUS, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Walton of Ringo, Walton & Eves, P.C., Corvallis, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Asa L. Lewelling, Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Raymond J. Conboy, Dan O'Leary, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland, filed a brief for Oregon Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.


LINDE, Justice.

Plaintiff, a firefighter for the City of Albany Fire Department, was injured in a fall from a fire truck designed and manufactured by defendant. He brought this action for damages against defendant, alleging, first, that defects of design and manufacture made the truck unreasonably dangerous for its intended use because the horizontal bar furnished as a handhold for firemen riding the rear footboard was placed too low, and second, that defendant was...

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