WRIGHT v. TURNER

(CC 060403958; CA A144126; SC S060960).

322 P.3d 476 (2014)

354 Or. 815

Martha L. WRIGHT, Petitioner on Review, v. John A. TURNER, Freida Turner, and Sherri L. Oliver, Defendants, and Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided February 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick J. Glantz , Vick & Glantz, LLP, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Thomas M. Christ , Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Meagan A. Flynn , Portland, filed a brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.


WALTERS, J.

Plaintiff was injured when one negligent driver and then, in short succession, another negligent driver collided with the truck in which plaintiff was a passenger. The underinsured motorist benefits available to plaintiff under the terms of the insurance policy that she purchased from defendant depend on the meaning of the term "accident" as that term was used in that policy and is used in corresponding Oregon financial responsibility statutes. We conclude...

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