Carl v. Oregon Automobile Insurance

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered after the trial court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Because we conclude that there are no genuine issues of material fact and that defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law, ORCP 47 C, we affirm.

Plaintiffs brought this action against several defendant insurance companies 1 to recover cleanup costs for environmental contamination resulting from a leaking underground storage tank (tank) located at an automobile dealership that plaintiffs owned and operated from 1956 to 1987. Three tanks were installed at the dealership…