· 11/7/2023
Walmart Starco. LLC v. Director of Revenue
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- explaining that “the starting point in the fore- seeability inquiry * * * as Fazzolari instructs” is “the defen- dant’s ‘conduct’ and the reasonableness of the foreseeable risks that it created”
- discussing reasonableness, foreseeability, and causation as elements of negligence under Oregon law
- “In Oregon, all persons have a legally protected interest to be free from physical harm at the hands of another.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
- “In Oregon, all persons have a legally protected interest to be free from physical harm at the hands of another.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
- “[P]laintiff was required to establish that defen- dant’s conduct ‘unreasonably created a foreseeable risk to a protected interest of the kind of harm that befell the plain- tiff.’ ” (Emphasis added.)
- state- ment describes “the bounds of a defendant’s liability” for ordinary negligence
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Judges: Russell, C.J., Powell, Fischer, Ransom, Wilson and Broniec, JJ., concur. Gooch, J., not participating.
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