CHRISTENSEN v. EPLEY

TC 14561; CA 9092; SC 25898 and 25909.

601 P.2d 1216 (1979)

287 Or. 539

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

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided October 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Eugene Hallman, Pendleton, argued the cause for petitioner/appellant. With him on the brief was Robert T. Mautz, Mautz & Hallman, Pendleton.

I. Franklin Hunsaker, III, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners/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 DENECKE, C.J., and HOLMAN, TONGUE, HOWELL, LINDE and PETERSON, JJ.


TONGUE, Justice.

This is an action for wrongful death. It was filed by the personal representative of the estate of a police officer who was fatally stabbed by one Daryl Thompson in the course of Thompson's efforts to assist in the escape of a female inmate from a juvenile detention center in Pendleton.

Named as defendants in addition to Daryl Thompson were Sherrie Murphy, the matron on duty at the center on the night of the escape and an employee of Umatilla...

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