Georgetown Realty, Inc. v. Home Insurance

This appeal is before us on remand from the Supreme Court. Georgetown Realty v. The Home Ins. Co., 313 Or 97, 831 P2d 7 (1992). Plaintiff insured asserted contract and tort claims against defendant liability insurer on the basis of the latter’s alleged failure to settle an underlying tort action in which it defended plaintiff and to pay the entire judgment that was entered against plaintiff in that action. Defendant appeals from the judgment for plaintiff on both claims.

In our first opinion, we concluded that plaintiffs claim against defendant for failing to settle the underlying action…