On March 25, 2015, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its decision in De Zafra v. Farmers Ins. Co., 270 Or App 77, — P3d — (2015), addressing the scope of coverage available under the uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) statute. The specific issue before the court was the meaning of the […]
On Wednesday, lawmakers in Salem heard from the Oregon Innocence Project (OIP) about House Bill 3206 that would increase the availability of DNA testing for people who may have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Members of the Oregon Innocence Project were joined by exoneree Ted Bradford who was the first […]
Last week, Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner attorney Andy Lauersdorf was quoted in a www.golocalpdx.com article titled “With Drought Looming, Oregon May Lose Wildfire Insurance.” The article discusses Oregon’s forest fire insurance policy and issues regarding insurance coverage and the risk associated with underwriting a forest fire policy. The attorneys at Maloney […]
On March 12, 2015, Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 411 which makes substantial changes Oregon’s personal injury protection (PIP) and uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) statutes. The new law becomes effective on January 1, 2016. The new law amends the PIP statute to enables a policyholder to apply PIP […]
The Washington Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in Patriot Gen. Ins. Co. v. Gutierrez, No. 32109-6-III, 2015 WL 773571 (Wash. Ct. App. Feb. 24, 2015), addressing whether an insured’s adult child was covered under an auto policy. The insured failed to disclose the adult child on the insurance […]
The Oregon federal district court recently issued an opinion in Chartis Specialty Ins. Co. v. American Contractors Ins. Co., No. 3:13-CV-01669-KI, 2015 WL 364315 (D. Or. Jan. 27, 2015), addressing whether an insurance carrier is entitled to direct recovery of its attorney fees against another insurer when it is forced […]
