Case Name: SURFACE, nka Surface Lewis, Appellant, v. COFFMAN, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1987-07-01
Citations: 86 Or. App. 223
Docket Number: 82-9-141; CA A38060
Parties: SURFACE, nka Surface Lewis, Appellant, v. COFFMAN, Respondent.
Judges: Before Warden, Presiding Judge, and Joseph, Chief Judge, and Young, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 86
Pages: 223–224

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted February 13,
affirmed July 1, 1987
SURFACE, nka Surface Lewis, Appellant, v. COFFMAN, Respondent.
(82-9-141; CA A38060)
738 P2d 1003
Diane W. Spies, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
James C. Tait, Oregon City, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Canning, Tait & McKenzie, Oregon City.
Thomas M. Christ, Portland, argued the cause for defendant Donald Lewis. With him on the brief were Jas Adams and Mitchell, Lang & Smith, Portland.
Before Warden, Presiding Judge, and Joseph, Chief Judge, and Young, Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
In this personal injury case, the trial court allowed defendant to question plaintiff, over her objection, concerning money she received from her former husband under the terms of a dissolution judgment. Defendant asserts that the questions were relevant to plaintiffs future earning capacity. Assuming that the trial court should have sustained plaintiff s objection, the court's error was harmless. The jury answered "no" to this special interrogatory:
"Was defendant Coffman negligent in one or more of the respects claimed in plaintiffs complaint which caused damage to plaintiff?"
The jury found that defendant was not negligent or that plaintiff suffered no damages. The challenged evidence could not have affected its decision.
Affirmed.
Plaintiffs other assignments do not require discussion.