Oregon Supreme Court· 6/4/1993

Buchler v. Oregon Corrections Div.

Citations

853 P.2d 798
316 Or. 499
1993 Ore. LEXIS 79

How courts have described this case

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

recognizing that inmate could cause harm to persons outside the prison walls \during the stress of the actual escape from custody itself\
recognizing that inmate could cause harm to persons outside the prison walls “during the stress of the actual escape from custody itself’
concluding that “it was not reasonably foreseeable that the escapee posed a risk of harm to persons in plaintiffs’ position”
concluding that “it was not reasonably foreseeable that the escapee posed a risk of harm to persons in plaintiffs’ position”
concluding that the defendant was not liable for the plaintiffs injury, “because it was not reasonably foreseeable that [the third party] posed a risk of harm to persons in plaintiffs’ position”
holding that “duty” is a method of describing how the law “limits the circumstances or conditions under which one member of society may expect another to pay for harm suffered”

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Judges: Fadeley, Peterson, Gillette, Graber, Unis

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