Except when all beneficiaries otherwise agree, if settlement, with or without action, is effected and there is more than one beneficiary, the amount to be distributed to each beneficiary as recovery for loss described in ORS 30.020 (2)(d) shall be apportioned by the probate court to each beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary’s loss.
ORS 30.040
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital (1982)
Most recently applied in 340 Or. App. 794 - Guilfoy v. Marion County Dog Services (May 2025)
Amended by 1973 c.718 §4
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