A72862 Davidson v. Brown

State: Oregon

Docket No: 90CV1171

Case Date: 07/15/1998

FILED: July 15, 1998

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON

MICHAEL D. DAVIDSON,

Appellant,

FRANK L. BROWN AND CAROL L.
BROWN, dba Ashworth's Market,

Defendants,

and

LYNN A. OSBORNE,

Respondent.

(90CV1171; CA A72862)

Appeal from Circuit Court, Coos County.

Robert F. Walberg, Judge.

Argued and submitted May 21, 1998.

Robert K. Udziela argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Pozzi Wilson Atchison, LLP.

No appearance for respondent.

Before Riggs, Presiding Judge, and Landau and Armstrong, Judges.

PER CURIAM

Reversed and remanded for entry of modified judgment in the amount of $750,000 on plaintiff's noneconomic damages; otherwise affirmed.

PER CURIAM

Following an alcohol-related automobile accident, plaintiff sued defendant for damages stemming from injuries to his left leg. The trial court found that plaintiff had sustained economic damages of $1,344,000 and noneconomic damages of $750,000. The court limited plaintiff's noneconomic damages to $500,000 pursuant to ORS 18.560(1), which provides, in part:

"Except for claims subject to ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and ORS chapter 656, in any civil action seeking damages arising out of bodily injury * * * the amount awarded for noneconomic damages shall not exceed $500,000."

We subsequently declared that statutory damage cap unconstitutional as applied to common-law rights of action of the sort at issue in this case. Lakin v. Senco Products, Inc., 144 Or App 52, 79, 925 P2d 107 (1996), rev allowed 325 Or 438 (1997); Tenold v. Weyerhauser Co., 127 Or App 511, 524-25, 873 P2d 413, rev dismissed 321 Or 561 (1995). Accordingly, the court erred in reducing the amount of plaintiff's noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $500,000.

Reversed and remanded for entry of modified judgment in the amount of $750,000 on plaintiff's noneconomic damages; otherwise affirmed.

Preview:FILED: July 13, 2011 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JUSTIN DEWAIN DALBY, Defendant-Appellant. Multnomah County Circuit Court 090748295 A143586

Edward J. Jones, Judge. Submitted on June 08, 2011. Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Morgen E. Daniels, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant. John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General, and Tiffany Keast, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent. Before Brewer, Chief Judge, and Gillette, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM Reversed and remanded. State v. Rainoldi, 236 Or App 129, 235 P3d 710 (2010), rev allowed, 349 Or 654 (2011).

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