contribution

GMSR wins insurance contribution case in Oregon Supreme Court

GMSR’s client Continental Casualty Company paid over $25 million in defense costs for an industrial insured facing environmental claims at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.  Continental sued its co-insurers for contribution.  A few months before trial, one of the defendant insurers moved for dismissal, claiming

Continental Cas. Co. v. Argonaut Ins. Co., 373 Or. 389, 567 P.3d 1059 (2025)

GMSR wins insurance contribution case in Oregon Supreme Court

Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corp. (London Market Insurers), S273179.

#22-91 Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corp. (London Market Insurers), S273179. (B278091; nonpublished opinion; Los Angeles Superior Court; BC249550). Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment in a civil action. The court

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