Oregon Statutes 823.087 – Effect of carrier laws on common law and other statutory rights of action, duties and liabilities
(1) The remedies and enforcement procedures provided in ORS chapters 823, 824, 825 and 826 do not release or waive any right of action by the state or by any person for any right, penalty or forfeiture that may arise under any law of this state or under an ordinance of any municipality thereof.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 823.087
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) All penalties and forfeitures accruing under said statutes and ordinances are cumulative and a suit for and recovery of one, shall not be a bar to the recovery of any other penalty.
(3) The duties and liabilities of the motor carriers or railroads shall be the same as are prescribed by the common law, and the remedies against them the same, except where otherwise provided by the Constitution or statutes of this state, and the provisions of ORS chapters 823, 824, 825 and 826 are cumulative thereto. [1995 c.733 § 28; 1997 c.249 § 240]
[Formerly 485.530; 1989 c.782 § 7; 1993 c.371 § 5; renumbered 682.085 in 1995]
[Formerly 485.535; 1989 c.782 § 8; 1991 c.331 § 141; 1993 c.371 § 6; renumbered 682.105 in 1995]
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