Oregon Statutes 742.500 – Definitions for ORS 742.500 to 742.506
As used in ORS § 742.500 to 742.506:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 742.500
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Bodily injury’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 742.504.
(2) ‘Insured’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 742.504.
(3)(a) ‘Motor vehicle’ means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway.
(b) ‘Motor vehicle’ does not include:
(A) A device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks;
(B) Motor trucks, as defined in ORS § 801.355, that have a registration weight, as defined in ORS § 803.430, of more than 8,000 pounds, if the insured has employees that operate the trucks and a workers’ compensation law, a disability benefits law or a similar law covers the employees; or
(C) Farm-type tractors or self-propelled equipment designed for use principally off public highways.
(4) ‘Sums that the insured or the heirs or legal representative of the insured is legally entitled to recover as damages‘ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 742.504.
(5) ‘Uninsured motorist coverage’ means coverage within the terms and conditions specified in ORS § 742.504 that insures the insured or the heirs or legal representative of the insured for all sums that the insured or the heirs or legal representative is legally entitled to recover as damages for bodily injury or death that is caused by accident and that arises from owning, maintaining or using an uninsured vehicle in amounts or limits not less than the amounts or limits prescribed for bodily injury or death under ORS § 806.070.
(6) ‘Uninsured vehicle’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 742.504. [Formerly 743.786; 2015 c.5 § 1]