Sarah Pozzi wrote the expert analysis column titled “Ore. Insurance Litigation Is Testing The Bounds After Moody” for Law360.
The article focuses on the Oregon Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union.
Before Moody, Oregon had long been a jurisdiction declining to recognize first-party negligence claims against insurers and the damages associated with those tort-based negligence claims. With the recent decision in Moody, the Oregon Supreme Court changed this status quo, allowing for the first time a policyholder's ability to recover extracontractual damages stemming from alleged negligent claims handling.
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