Legal Opinion

Eastham v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Company

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1975PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

542 P.2d 895 (1975)

William W. EASTHAM, Respondent,

v.

OREGON AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.[*]

November 20, 1975.

C.S. Emmons, Emmons, Kyle, Kropp & Kryger, Albany, and McMinimee & Kaufman, Tillamook, for respondent.

No appearance contra.

ON REHEARING.

HOLMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff has filed a vigorous petition for rehearing. Running through the petition is the contention that the award by the jury of $50,000 in the original case of plaintiff against Byrd, the insured, forecloses consideration of the apparently reasonable settlement value of that case in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Radcliffe v. Franklin National InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Kuzmanich v. United Fire & Casualty Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1966

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bohemia, Inc. v. The Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  2. Nellie Kabatoff v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  3. Eastham v. Oregon Automobile Insurance CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1975
  4. City of Portland v. George D. Ward & Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1988
  5. Joyce Alene Baton, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jon Baton, Deceased v. Transamerica Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Cavalier Insurance Corporation, a Corporation, Joyce Alene Baton, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jon Baton, Deceased v. Transamerica Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Cavalier Insurance Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978

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