Villalobos v. University of Oregon, 16-79-03185
Decision Date | 14 July 1980 |
Docket Number | No. 16-79-03185,16-79-03185 |
Citation | 614 P.2d 107,47 Or.App. 103 |
Parties | Socorro VILLALOBOS, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ricardo Villalobos, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Respondent. ; CA 15161. |
Court | Oregon Court of Appeals |
Mike Dye, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Jan P. Londahl, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen. and Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., Salem.
Before JOSEPH, P. J., and WARDEN and WARREN, JJ.
This is an action under the Oregon Tort Claims Act, ORS 30.260 to 30.300, for the wrongful death of Ricardo Villalobos brought by his personal representative. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant entered on defendant's demurrer in which the trial court ruled that the action was barred by the statute of limitations.
Decedent was enrolled in a high school equivalency program for minority students on the campus of defendant and was a resident in one of defendant's dormitories. Decedent was stabbed to death in the dormitory on February 11, 1977. On April 3, 1979, plaintiff filed a complaint entitled "Complaint (At Law) Wrongful Death." The first count is based on negligence and the second count on breach of an implied warranty of "habitability and safety." The theory of the second count is that decedent had surrendered control of his person and security to defendant, which thereafter breached an implied contractual duty, arising from the tenancy, to protect decedent from the criminal activities of third persons. The trial court sustained defendant's demurrer on the ground that the two-year period in which to bring the action under ORS 30.275(3) 1 had expired before the complaint was filed. Plaintiff contends the applicable statute of limitations is ORS 12.080, 2 providing that actions on express or implied contracts may be commenced within six years.
In Securities-Intermountain, Inc. v. Sunset Fuel, 289 Or. 243, 611 P.2d 1158 (decided June 19, 1980), an action for damages against a provider of services, the Supreme Court after a historical review of the statutory and case law set forth the test for determining whether the statute of limitations for contract actions is applicable when a contract is pleaded but it is contended that the action is in reality one in tort to which a shorter statute of limitations applies:
We find the emphasized language in the above paragraph dispositive in the context of this case. The alleged contract here incorporates by implication a general standard of care to which defendant would be bound independent of any warranty. While the asserted contractual relationship between decedent and defendant may have provided the occasion for the alleged misfeasance, the claimed breach of warranty is essentially a breach of a duty to...
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