Mealey's (November 7, 2022, 1:31 PM EST) -- XE "Environmental Contamination" PORTLAND, Ore. — A time on the risk allocation method applies to defense costs incurred by insurers on behalf of a mutual insured for environmental contamination costs, an Oregon federal judge said in noting that a majority of Oregon courts have applied a time on the risk allocation method to defense costs in environmental contamination coverage suits....