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Or. Rev. Stat. § 332.435 (2026)

Liability insurance; self-insurance program for liability; medical and hospital benefits for students

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      332.435 Liability insurance; self-insurance program for liability; medical and hospital benefits for students. Any district school board may enter into contracts of insurance for liability or operate a self-insurance program for liability covering all activities engaged in by the district for medical and hospital benefits for students engaging in athletic contests and in traffic patrols and may pay the necessary premiums thereon. Failure to procure such insurance or operate such a program shall in no case be construed as negligence or lack of diligence on the part of the district school board or the members thereof. [Formerly 332.235; 1967 c.627 §13; 1997 c.795 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1981–2005 · leading case: Espinosa v. S. Pac. Transp. Co., 624 P.2d 162 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
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Espinosa v. S. Pac. Transp. Co., 624 P.2d 162 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 8× “SP relies on ORS 332.435 (former ORS 332.180), which was the statute relied upon in Vendrell , and ORS 30.”
Espinosa v. S. Pac. Transp. Co., 635 P.2d 638 (Or. 1981). · cites it 5× “180 (now, with changes, ORS 332.435) constituted a waiver of the *858 district’s governmental immunity to the limits of the insurance policy.”
Goddard v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon, 120 P.3d 1260 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “282; ORS 332.435; ORS 731.126; ORS 735.605; ORS 806.”
S. Pac. Transporation Co. v. Sch. Dist. No. 40, 635 P.2d 645 (Or. 1981). · cites it 2× “Where a statute, such as ORS 332.435, 2 vests officials with discretionary authority, we assume that they will contract for the coverage they want.”
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