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· 5/16/1978

Taylor v. Olsen

Citations

  • 578 P.2d 779
  • 282 Or. 343
  • 1978 Ore. LEXIS 876

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the question of the landowner’s attention to the condition of his roadside trees under a general standard of reasonable care is to be decided as a question of fact and cannot be determined simply by classifying land as either urban or rural
  • holding that the question of the landowner's attention to the condition of his roadside trees under a general standard of reasonable care is to be decided as a question of fact and cannot be determined simply by classifying land as either urban or rural
  • tree’s inner rot was not visible so as to reasonably put owner on notice; treeowner not held liable
  • obligation of property owner to use “reasonable care to prevent an unreasonable risk of harm” to adjacent road users from falling trees “is to be decided as a question of fact upon the circumstances of the individual case” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • obligation of property owner to use \reasonable care to prevent an unreasonable risk of harm\ to adjacent road users from falling trees \is to be decided as a question of fact upon the circumstances of the individual case\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • applying similar factors to determine reasonableness

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Judges: Holman, Tongue, Linde, Richardson

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