Oregon Supreme Court December 20, 1977, TC 44182, SC 24810 (Hornbeck v. Western States Fire Apparatus, Inc.)

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LINDE, J.

Plaintiff, a firefighter for the City of Albany Fire Department, was injured in a fall from a fire truck designed and manufactured by defendant. He brought this action for damages against defendant, alleging, first, that defects of design and manufacture made the truck unreasonably dangerous for its intended use because the horizontal bar furnished as a handhold for firemen riding