On November 30, 2016, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner’s client in Clinton Condominiums Owners Association v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Case No. 14CV10123. On behalf of defendant Truck Insurance Exchange (“Truck”), MLR attorneys F.J. Maloney and Janis Puracal successfully moved for summary […]
The Oregon Supreme Court recently issued an opinion overruling long established case precedent known as the “Stubblefield Rule” in Stubblefield v. St. Paul Fire & Marine, 267 Or 397 (1973). The ‘Stubblefield Rule’ states that a covenant not to execute in exchange for an assignment of rights, by itself, constitutes […]
On April 28, 2014, the Washington Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding a $21.8 million judgment against an insurer—$13 million on which was based on a claim for insurance bad faith—in the case titled Miller v Kenny, 2014 WL 1672946, — P.3d —, — Wn.App. — (Apr. 28, 2014). […]
