Bird v. Norpac Foods, Inc.

The dispositive issue presented in these two consolidated appeals, under the Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association (OIGA) statutes, ORS 734.510 et seq, is as follows: When OIGA has assumed all of the rights, duties, and obligations of an insolvent insurer pursuant to ORS 734.570, 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 that the plaintiff has received workers’ compensation benefits from a solvent insurer for the same injury? The Court of Appeals answered that question in the…