Brown v. Boise Cascade Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the trial court erred in excluding expert opinion testimony regarding the adequacy of lighting in a workplace
• applying OEC 702; quoting Yundt v. D & D Bowl, Inc., 259 Or 247, 258, 486 P2d 553 (1971)
• telling the plaintiff where to paint did not amount to retained or actual control
• certain safety regulations may apply to owners where the regulation pertains to “workplace structures or safeguards”
• “[O]wners are obligated, as a structural matter, to equip workplaces with lighting adequate for the work that ordinarily would occur within that type of work space.”
• the defendant owner was entitled to directed verdict on common-law negligence claims where there was no evidence that the defendant knew that subcontractor, who was the plaintiffs employer, would use unguarded roof as work platform

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• George v. Myers
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2000-08-30· cited 22×
• State v. Deloretto
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2008-07-23· cited 15×
• Jennings v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1998-02-11· cited 12×
• Muresan v. Philadelphia Romanian Pentecostal Church
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1998-06-17· cited 11×
• Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC.
  D. Oregon· 2011-09-13· cited 10×
• Gritzbaugh Main Street Properties, LLC v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2006-05-10· cited 9×
• Spain v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2013-08-07· cited 9×
• E. Max Woodbury II v. CH2M Hill, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-03-21· cited 7×
• Christensen v. Cober
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2006-07-12· cited 6×
• Moe v. Eugene Zurbrugg Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2005-11-16· cited 4×
• Yeatts v. Polygon Northwest Co.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2014-12-31· cited 4×
• Prince v. Joe Cronin Logging, LLC (A182528)
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2025-07-30· cited 3×
• Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. v. Dept. of Rev.
  Oregon Tax Court· 2021-05-03· cited 1×
• OR-OSHA v. Laborworks Ind. / Tradesman Int.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2025-10-08· cited 1×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Brown
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1984-07-10· cited 292×
• State v. O'Key
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1995-07-07· cited 243×
• James v. Carnation Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-04-19· cited 80×
• Myers v. Cessna Aircraft Corporation
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1976-07-09· cited 75×
• Yundt v. D & D BOWL, INC.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-06-23· cited 52×
• Wilson v. Portland General Electric Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1968-12-18· cited 48×
• McAlpine v. Multnomah County
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1994-10-26· cited 45×
• Baker v. English
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1997-02-21· cited 37×
• Sacher v. Bohemia, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 36×
• Miller v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-04-26· cited 31×
• Yowell v. General Tire & Rubber Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-11-05· cited 20×
• Hass v. Port of Portland
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1992-04-08· cited 12×
• Hickey v. Settlemier
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1996-05-15· cited 11×
• Dyer v. R. E. Christiansen Trucking, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1994-03-10· cited 10×
• Flores v. Metro MacHinery Rigging, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1989-12-13· cited 10×
• Paragano v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1994-03-09· cited 9×
• Quackenbush v. Portland General Electric Co.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1995-04-26· cited 8×
• Esko v. Lovvold
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-05-01· cited 7×
• Wriglesworth v. Doyle
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1966-09-09· cited 7×
• Dyer v. R. E. Christiansen Trucking, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1993-02-24· cited 7×