MORRIS v. OREGON STATE TRANSP. COMMISSION

No. 101262; CA 11197.

590 P.2d 260 (1979)

38 Or.App. 331

Annette MORRIS, Appellant, v. OREGON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Composed of Glenn L. Jackson, Chairman, Peter J. Brix, B. Gordon Coleman, Michael P. Hollern, and Tom Walsh, Commission Members, F.B. Klaboe, State Highway Engineer for the State of Oregon, Lawrence E. George, Traffic Engineer for the State of Oregon, Respondents, City of Salem, a Municipal Corporation, and Richard Blackner, Signal and Communications Supervisor for the City of Salem, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gatti, Ward & Gatti, Salem, filed the brief for appellant.

James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., and Mary J. Deits, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, filed the brief for respondents.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE, RICHARDSON and JOSEPH, JJ.


LEE, Judge.

In this action plaintiff alleged that the defendants' negligent maintenance and control of a traffic control device proximately caused her automobile accident and the resulting injuries for which she seeks money damages.

Plaintiff was a passenger in a car which was travelling north on 12th street in Salem, Oregon, when an approaching train caused the traffic control signals along that street to immediately change from green to red without a yellow...

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