North Pacific Insurance v. Forest Industries Insurance Exchange

This is a proceeding for a declaratory judgment brought by an insurance company which has liability insurance coverage of one Steven Earle through a policy issued to his mother. The purpose of the proceeding is to determine whether the defendant insurance company (defendant) also had such coverage of the same insured through a policy issued to his father. The remaining defendants are of no relevance to this appeal except the defendants Hamlin and McConnell, who have made claims against the estate of Steven Earle.

Steven, who was 17 years of age, lived in Albany, Oregon, and was emancipated…