Case Name: Sergio RENTERIA and Sandra Renteria, Respondents, v. CITY OF CANYONVILLE, a municipal corporation, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2001-06-06
Citations: 174 Or. App. 562
Docket Number: 96CV-3903CC; A105257
Parties: Sergio RENTERIA and Sandra Renteria, Respondents, v. CITY OF CANYONVILLE, a municipal corporation, Appellant.
Judges: Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 174
Pages: 562–563

Head Matter:
Submitted on record and brief April 27,
award of attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed June 6, 2001
Sergio RENTERIA and Sandra Renteria, Respondents, v. CITY OF CANYONVILLE, a municipal corporation, Appellant.
96CV-3903CC; A105257
26 P3d 162
Timothy J. Sercombe filed the brief for appellant. With him on the brief were James R. George, and Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP.
No appearance for respondents.
Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiffs on claims for negligence and inverse condemnation. It challenges only the judgment on the claim for inverse condemnation, asserting that, although its actions were negligent, they did not constitute a taking of plaintiffs' property. We agree. Vokoun v. City of Lake Oswego, 169 Or App 31, 36-40, 7 P3d 608 (2000). Because the jury's verdict on the negligence claim supports the full amount of damages in the judgment, the effect of our conclusion is to reverse the award of attorney fees, which was based solely on the inverse condemnation claim.
Award of attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.