( September 29, 2026, 8:58 AM EDT) -- XE "Environmental Contamination" SALEM, Ore. — Review of an Oregon appellate court’s allocation of coverage damages in a contribution coverage dispute between primary and excess insurers over environmental contamination costs incurred by the insureds is not warranted because the appellate court correctly applied the plain language of Oregon’s independent counsel statute and the primary insurer does not dispute the interpretation, a settling insurer says in response to the primary insurer’s petition for review filed in the Oregon Supreme Court....