VIKING INS. CO. v. PETERSEN

CC 87-CV-201; CA A47926; SC S36176; S36177.

784 P.2d 437 (1989)

308 Or. 616

VIKING INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, a Foreign Corporation, Petitioner On Review/Respondent On Review, v. Tammie PETERSEN, Lyonel E. Randle and Barbara J. Cooper, Personal Representative of the Estate of Luis Arthur Medina, Defendants, and Joe Thompson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia Dianne Medina, Respondent On Review/Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided December 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. DeVore, of Luvaas, Cobb, Richards & Fraser, P.C., Eugene, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner/respondent on review Viking Ins. Co.

Frank C. Rote, Grants Pass, argued the cause for respondent/petitioner on review Joe Thompson. R. Daniel Simcoe, of Brown, Hughes, Bird, Lane & Simcoe, Grants Pass, filed the petition for review and response to Viking Ins. Co.'s petition.

Thomas M. Christ, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Oregon Ass'n of Defense Counsel.


JONES, Justice.

This case presents two issues: (1) whether a motor vehicle liability insurance policy with an endorsement excluding drivers under the age of 25 is valid under the Financial Responsibility Law, ORS chapter 806; and (2) whether a motor vehicle liability insurance policy must provide coverage to an insured owner for a claim of negligent entrustment of the insured vehicle.1 The circuit...

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