Schnitzer Investment Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London

Plaintiff owns property in Portland near the Willamette River. After the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) ordered plaintiff to clean up environmental contamination on its property, plaintiff brought this action seeking, among other things, indemnification from defendants for the costs that it had incurred in complying with DEQ’s orders. The trial court granted defendants’ summary judgment motion and entered judgment in their favor. Although the Court of Appeals disagreed with some aspects of the trial court’s judgment, it upheld the trial court’s ruling that defendants had no…