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Koos v. Roth

Citations

  • 652 P.2d 1255
  • 293 Or. 670
  • 1982 Ore. LEXIS 1188

How courts have described this case

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  • farmer burning field from which fire escaped upon neighbor’s property thereby inflicting damage to it was strictly liable for the damages caused
  • farmer burning field from which fire escaped upon neighbor’s property thereby inflicting damage to it was strictly liable for the damages caused
  • “A danger that is only ordinary in an appropriate location may be abnormal where it exposes others to an extraordinary risk or magnitude of harm, but an extraordinary risk does not become ordinary because it occurs in its own appropriate place.”

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Judges: Denecke, Lent, Linde, Tanzer, Peterson, Campbell

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