SHAFFER v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO.

9007-04437; CA A72066.

852 P.2d 245 (1993)

120 Or. App. 70

Paul SHAFFER, Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. L. Bonaparte, Portland, argued the cause, for appellant. With him on the briefs were Michael J. Gentry and Tooze Shenker Holloway & Duden, Portland.

Lisa E. Lear, Portland, argued the cause, for respondent. With her on the brief were Jeremy E. Zuck and Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland.

Before ROSSMAN, P.J., and DE MUNIZ and LEESON, JJ.


ROSSMAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover on an insurance policy issued by defendant for damage to his rental home caused by his tenant's use of the home as a methamphetamine laboratory. After a jury verdict for plaintiff, the trial court granted defendant's motion for directed verdict on the ground that the damage was excluded from policy coverage as a "contamination."

The policy exclusion is substantively the same as the one we considered...

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