No Added Weight Should Be Given To Policy Limits In Allocating Costs, Judge Says

( May 9, 2025, 3:18 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A time-on-the-risk allocation of defense costs in an environmental contamination suit is the appropriate method of allocation, an Oregon federal judge said in applying applicable Oregon law and in rejecting the insurer’s argument that equal or more weight should be given to the insurer’s policies’ limits rather than the insurer’s time on the risk when allocating defense costs....