The Oregon Supreme Court Examines The Application Of An Statutory Amendment Excepting "Surplus Lines Insurance Policies" To Oregon's Statute Allowing A Plaintiff Bringing An Action On An Insurance Policy To Recover Attorney Fees
In ZRZ Realty Co., et al. v. Beneficial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, et al. (OR SC S057155), the Oregon Supreme Court allowed the plaintiffs to recover part of their attorney fees incurred to establish insurance coverage in a dispute regarding environmental contamination resulting from the plaintiffs’ activities dismantling U.S. Navy and merchant marine vessels at a site on the bank of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
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