TUALATIN v. CITY-COUNTY INS. SERV. TRUST

DC 91D301739; CA A79184; SC S41660.

894 P.2d 1158 (1995)

321 Or. 164

CITY OF TUALATIN, Petitioner on Review, v. CITY-COUNTY INSURANCE SERVICES TRUST, Ted Lopuszynski, Trustee, Kent Taylor, Trustee, Daniel J. Ahern, Trustee, Laura Pryor, Trustee, Nels Hanson, Trustee, Larry Lehman, Trustee, Respondents on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided May 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr. of Foley and Duncan, P.C., Portland, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition were M. Elizabeth Duncan of Foley and Duncan, P.C., and Mark E. Pilliod, City Atty., City of Tualatin.

James E. Mountain, Jr. of Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Salem, argued the cause and filed the response for respondent on review.


FADELEY, Justice.

The question in this case is whether an insurer is obligated to defend a local government officer named in a complaint filed with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission,1 alleging that the officer violated an ethics statute. Disposition of that issue depends on the proper interpretation of the first sentence of ORS 30.287(1), which we quote later in this opinion.

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