Legal Opinion
Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided August 30, 2000No. 97-4286-E1; CA A105111PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, P. J.
Plaintiff appeals from a declaratory judgment, ORS 28.010, that awarded defendant summary judgment. ORCP 47. The judgment declares that a permissive user of a vehicle of defendant’s insured was not “an insured” under defendant’s insured’s policy and that the policy did not violate Oregon’s Financial Responsibility Law (FRL).1 We reverse.
For purposes of summary judgment, the following facts are not in dispute. Butler Ford is an automobile dealership that was insured by American Hardware under a garage liability policy. On November 2,1995, Joshua Zander, a customer of Butler Ford, was given…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jones v. General Motors Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1997
- Lamb-Weston, Inc. v. Oregon Automobile InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1959
- Collins v. Farmers InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1991
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. JonesOregon Supreme Court · 1988
- Viking Insurance v. PetersenOregon Supreme Court · 1989
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