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JOHNSON v. MULT. CO. DEPT. COMM. JUSTICE

(CC 0406-06577; CA A128667; SC S054697).

178 P.3d 210 (2008)

344 Or. 111

Akilah JOHNSON, Respondent on Review, v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE, Petitioner on Review, and Department of Corrections, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided February 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline A. Weber, Assistant County Attorney, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. With her on the brief was Agnes Sowle, Attorney for Multnomah County.

Kevin J. Tillson, of Hunt & Associates, PC, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With him on the brief was Lawrence B. Hunt.

Douglas G. Schaller, of Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C., Eugene, filed a brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

GILLETTE, J.

This case is concerned with the so-called "discovery rule," as it applies to ORS 30.275(2)(b), a provision of the Oregon Tort Claim Act that requires any person bringing a tort claim against a public agency to give notice to the agency of the claim within 180 days of the alleged loss or injury.1 Specifically, it asks whether, and to what extent, the appearance of newspaper articles in local papers suggesting that a public...

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