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CHRISTENSEN v. EPLEY

No. 14561; CA 9092.

585 P.2d 416 (1978)

36 Or.App. 535

Wendy CHRISTENSEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Paul Christensen, Deceased, Appellant, v. James B. EPLEY, Tim K. Waller, Sherrie Murphy, and Umatilla County, Respondents, and Daryl Thompson, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Eugene Hallman, Pendleton, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Robert T. Mautz and Mautz, Hallman & Rees, Pendleton.

I. Franklin Hunsaker, III, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were R.R. Bullivant, Douglass M. Hamilton, Bullivant, Wright, Leedy, Johnson, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland, and Corey, Byler & Rew, Pendleton.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON, TANZER and BUTTLER, JJ.

TANZER, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action,1 on behalf of the estate of a Pendleton police officer, in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages from Umatilla County and three of its employees for negligently causing decedent's death.

The claims against the individual defendants arise from their duties at the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. Defendant Murphy was a matron at the Center

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