Buchler v. Oregon Corrections Div.

Decided 1993-06-04

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*502 FADELEY, J. In these neghgence actions, plaintiffs seek damages from the state for harm caused by a state prisoner who escaped from custody. The prisoner was a convicted felon, placed by the Corrections Division as a member of a work crew of a forest camp in a remote rural area. He left the work site without permission by taking and driving away the state’s van, in…

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