Commercial Lines in Oregon – 2021 Year in Review

Join Smith Freed Eberhard Managing Partner Jeff Eberhard and Partner Bill Taaffe as they discuss significant commercial lines cases from 2021 in Oregon with a focus on the impact these cases will have on commercial lines claims management.

Why Watch This Webinar?

This webinar is designed specifically for claims professionals who handle commercial lines claims in Oregon and provides a basic overview of significant cases over the last year and their impact on commercial lines claims management. This webinar will prepare you to handle claims in Oregon touching on: commercial liability defense, negligence, premises liability, timber trespass, trucking & transportation, and other topics.

Key Cases Presented Include:

• Senate Bill 180: Requires insurers to directly notify a claimant of any settlement payment over $5,000.
• Appleyard v. Port of Portland: Held that business invitees can be found comparatively at fault for injuries resulting from unknown and unknowable conditions on the property.
• Jennewein v. McImetro Access Transmission Servs., LLC: held that a proper foreseeability analysis requires harm be characterized quite broadly.
• Allianz Global Risks v. ACE Property & Casualty Ins. Co.: Held the duty to defend cannot be contracted away.
• Simington Gardens, LLC, et al. v. Rock Ridge Farms, LLC: Defined “willful injury” and “casual or involuntary injury” in regard to double or treble damages in Timber Trespass.