ORS 656.154: Injury due to negligence or wrong of a person not in the same employ as injured worker; remedy against such person.

If the injury to a worker is due to the negligence or wrong of a third person not in the same employ, the injured worker, or if death results from the injury, the spouse, children or other dependents, as the case may be, may elect to seek a remedy against such third person. [Amended by 1959 c.504 §1; 1975 c.152 §1; 1985 c.212 §4]