Legal Opinion

Collins v. Farmers Insurance

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1991No. CC A8712-07559; CA A51200; SC S37212PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*339PETERSON, J.

This declaratory judgment proceeding concerns the amount of liability insurance available under the defendant’s motor vehicle liability insurance policy. The plaintiff asserts that because an exclusion in the defendant’s policy is “illegal,” the exclusion must be disregarded, as a result of which $100,000 of insurance coverage is available. The defendant asserts that the exclusion is unenforceable only to the extent of the $25,000 mandated by the Financial Responsibility Law. We agree with the defendant.

Ernest and Irene Gali had a motor vehicle liability policy with the defendant,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Schaffer v. Mill Owners Mutual InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1965
  2. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. JonesOregon Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Viking Insurance v. PetersenOregon Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. KaiserOregon Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Oregon Automobile Insurance v. ThorbeckOregon Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon v. MowryOregon Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Marcus v. Hanover Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  3. Canal Insurance Company v. Darrell A. Benner, Gary Lebreton, Canal Insurance Company v. Darrell A. BennerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  4. North Pacific Insurance v. HamiltonOregon Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Smalls v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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