Court Opinion

ID: 9626153
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:03:39.837249+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:22.138941
License: Public Domain

McALLISTER, C. J.,
dissenting.
Even under the broadest interpretation of the minor deviation rule, Sinovic’s use of the truck was not permissive. He had asked and been given permission to use the truck on a Saturday afternoon to move his household furniture from his mother’s residence to his apartment, and was to return the truck that evening, or the next morning. After moving his furniture, he used the truck to go to a movie in downtown Portland and then to a club in northeast Portland. The accident occurred shortly after he left the club, at about 1:45 a.m. The trial court found that the accident occurred at a time when the moving operation had been completed and away from the area where the moving operation was conducted. In my opinion the use at time of the accident was not within the permission granted.
I dissent.