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Mason v. BCK Corp.

Supreme Court of Oregon.
Nov 27, 2018
363 Or. 817 (Or. 2018)

Summary

explaining that the "substantial factor" test has been used in tort law to describe "the degree of participation that would subject any single tortfeasor to liability," and that "[t]he term substantial * * * is used to denote the fact that the defendant's conduct has such an effect in producing the harm as to lead reasonable [people] to regard it as a cause, using the word in the popular sense, in which there always lurks the idea of responsibility"

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Opinion

A161175(S066194)

11-27-2018

MASON v. BCK CORPORATION


Review Denied.


Summaries of

Mason v. BCK Corp.

Supreme Court of Oregon.
Nov 27, 2018
363 Or. 817 (Or. 2018)

explaining that the "substantial factor" test has been used in tort law to describe "the degree of participation that would subject any single tortfeasor to liability," and that "[t]he term substantial * * * is used to denote the fact that the defendant's conduct has such an effect in producing the harm as to lead reasonable [people] to regard it as a cause, using the word in the popular sense, in which there always lurks the idea of responsibility"

Summary of this case from Jennewein v. MCIMetro Access Transmission Servs.
Case details for

Mason v. BCK Corp.

Case Details

Full title:MASON v. BCK CORPORATION

Court:Supreme Court of Oregon.

Date published: Nov 27, 2018

Citations

363 Or. 817 (Or. 2018)
431 P.3d 420

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