BERGMANN v. HUTTON

(CC 00-3304-L-2; CA A115380; SC S50395).

101 P.3d 353 (2004)

337 Or. 596

David BERGMANN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Terrel Ann Bergmann, Petitioner on Review, v. Jennifer HUTTON, Defendant, and Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided December 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Hall Clarke, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner on review. Shane A. Reed, of Reed & Associates, Jacksonville, filed the brief.

Kenneth M. Tharp, of Frohnmayer, Deatherage, Pratt, Jamieson, Clarke & Moore, P.C., Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Thomas M. Christ, of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for amici curiae Liberty Northwest Insurance Company, Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Oregon Mutual Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company, and the American Insurance Association. With him on the brief was Thomas W. Brown, Portland.

Meagan A. Flynn, of Preston Bunnell & Stone, LLP, Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.


GILLETTE, J.

In this automobile insurance case, the issue is whether an insurer is entitled to offset the amount that an injured insured received in workers' compensation benefits against the amount that the insurer otherwise would have been obligated to pay to the insured under the insured's underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage in a policy issued by the defendant insurer. The issue arose when plaintiff1...

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