I thought I was on the California Court of Appeal's website. Yet here I am, looking at a caption that begins with "Oregon State University" as the first party. I must be in the Ninth Circuit, right?
But wait. It's a writ. That generally means state court. And it's a writ against the Superior Court. So I guess we're indeed in state court.
State court in San Diego?! Yep. That's what it says.
What in the world is Oregon State University doing in San Diego? I mean, I know that the Pacific Plate is slowly -- or at least usually slowly -- moving northward. And Oregon is going to move its own way as well (this, by the way, is a great article).
But still. I'm pretty sure that Oregon State University isn't anywhere near San Diego. At least last time I checked.
So what gives? What's OSU doing down here?
Ah. That. Apparently Oregon State owned a stack container, and someone employed at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography was using a crane to load it onto a ship at UCSD when the container caused the crane to tip over, injuring the plaintiff. Who accordingly sued here.
Our interconnected world. Even in academia.
It's one ocean, after all.
