· 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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