(February 23, 2024, 1:44 PM EST) -- SALEM, Ore. — In two separate opinions issued Feb. 22, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed two trial court rulings entered in favor of a primary insurer seeking contribution costs from other insurers for environmental cleanup costs incurred by insureds after determining that the insureds’ settlement with one insurer bars the primary insurer’s contribution claim and that the failure to prove that underlying policies were exhausted bars the primary insurer’s contribution claim against an excess insurer....