Insurers’ Contribution Suit Barred Under Oregon Law, Appeals Panel Affirms

Mealey's (August 22, 2017, 10:49 AM EDT) -- SALEM, Ore. — A group of insurers is not permitted to seek contribution from insurers that settled claims with the insured for environmental contamination cleanup costs because the contribution action is barred pursuant to amendments issued in 2013 to the Oregon Environmental Cleanup Assistance Act, the Oregon Court of Appeals said Aug. 16 in affirming a trial court’s dismissal of the suit (Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, et al. v. Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co., et al., No. A156649, Ore. App., 2017 Ore. App. LEXIS 983)....

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