Bird v. Norpac Foods, Inc.

These two consolidated appeals involve contradicting dispositions that present the same question: Where the Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association (OIGA) has assumed the rights and responsibilities of an insolvent insurer under ORS 734.510 et seq, and a plaintiff obtains a personal injury judgment against a defendant insured by that insolvent insurer, must the judgment be deemed satisfied to the extent the plaintiff has received workers’ compensation and uninsured motorist benefits for the same injury? Because we answer that question in the affirmative, we reverse in the first appeal and…