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Ore. Warranty Ruling Complicates Insurance Classification

By Brian Casey, Jon Gillum and Greg Norton 

The Oregon Court of Appeals recently held in TruNorth Warranty Plans of North America v. Department of Consumer and Business Services, that a service contract — commonly referred to as an extended warranty — covering commercial property is subject to Oregon’s consumer service contract laws.[1]

The holding was the result of a rare judicial appeal from an administrative law judge’s decision. 

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