BROWN v. WASHINGTON COUNTY

(C960165CV; CA A98379)

987 P.2d 1254 (1999)

163 Or. App. 362

Roschelle M. BROWN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen Dale Brown, Respondent—Cross-Appellant, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY, Appellant— Cross-Respondent, and Carla G. Pavlicek and Charles R. Brown, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Blair, Hillsboro, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant-cross-respondent.

Michael Charles Zusman, Portland, argued the cause for respondent-cross-appellant. With him on the briefs were Evans & Zusman and Vincent J. Bernabei.

Before De MUNIZ, Presiding Judge, and HASELTON and LINDER, Judges.


HASELTON, J.

Defendant Washington County appeals from a judgment in a negligence action arising from an incident in which an inmate, Charles Brown, escaped from the Washington County Community Corrections Center and killed his brother, Stephen Brown. Defendant1 assigns error to the trial court's denial of its motions for directed verdict or judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) on issues of liability under section 319 of the Restatement...

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