EMPLOYERS INS. OF WAUSAU v. TEKTRONIX, INC.

CCV9908032, A123664.

156 P.3d 105 (2007)

211 Or. App. 485

EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL COMPANY, a Wisconsin mutual company, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Respondent, v. TEKTRONIX, INC., an Oregon corporation, Defendant-Respondent Cross-Appellant, and Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois corporation; Travelers Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation; Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, a Connecticut corporation; Granite State Insurance Company, a New Hampshire corporation; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, a Pennsylvania corporation; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Certain Underwriting Syndicates at Lloyd's London; and Does 1-100, inclusive, Defendants. Tektronix, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, a Connecticut corporation; AIU Insurance Company, a New York corporation; Century Indemnity Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; Central National Insurance Company of Omaha, a Nebraska corporation; Certain London Market Insurance Companies, foreign corporations; Equitas Reinsurance Limited, a foreign corporation; Equitas Limited, a foreign corporation; Equitas Holdings Limited, a foreign corporation; Equitas Management Services, a foreign corporation; Equitas Policyholders Trust Limited, a foreign corporation; Granite State Insurance Company, a New Hampshire corporation; Highlands Insurance Company, a Texas corporation; Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania corporation; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., a Pennsylvania corporation; Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association, an Oregon association; and Travelers Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation, Third-Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan M. Barber, San Francisco, argued the cause for appellant-cross-respondent. With him on the briefs were Barber Law Group, San Francisco, and William G. Earle and Davis Rothwell Mullin Earle & Xóchihua P.C.

Robert M. Horkovich, New York, argued the cause for respondent-cross-appellant. With him on the briefs were Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York, and Charles F. Hinkle, Scott J. Kaplan, and Stoel Rives LLP.

Gregory L. Baird and Gordon & Polscer, LLC, Portland, and Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Alicia C. Ritter, and Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, DC, filed the brief amicus curiae for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and SCHUMAN, Judge.


EDMONDS, P.J.

This case involves the respective rights and obligations of plaintiff Employers Insurance of Wausau (Wausau) and defendant Tektronix, Inc. (Tektronix) concerning insurance polices issued by Wausau to Tektronix between 1973 and 1985. After Tektronix requested that Wausau indemnify it under those policies for costs associated with environmental cleanup at Tektronix's manufacturing facility, Wausau sought a declaration that it was not obligated under the...

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