Northwest Insurance Law Quarterly Newsletter: Winter 2025
Please find the Winter 2025 edition of the Williams Kastner Northwest Insurance Law Newsletter. Our newsletter features articles regarding some of the most important decisions and developments in insurance law over the past few months. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eliot Harris. Follow us on LinkedIn for more legal updates.
Western District of Washington Federal Court Distinguishes Between Pre- and Post-Assault Conduct In Determining Coverage for Negligent Security Claims
In Northfield Insurance Company v. Yates, Wood & MacDonald, Inc., et al., Judge Tana Lin with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington found the insurance company had no duty to defend its insured in a negligent security case due to the policy’s exclusion for “assault or battery” and in doing so,...
Northwest Insurance Law Quarterly Newsletter: Fall 2024
Please find the Fall 2024 edition of the Williams Kastner Northwest Insurance Law Newsletter. Our newsletter features articles regarding some of the most important decisions and developments in insurance law over the past few months. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eliot Harris. Follow us on LinkedIn for more legal updates.
Washington Federal Court Finds that Coverage for Multi-Employer Worksite Injury Case Is a Fact-Based Determination
Washington courts are familiar with litigation over liability under WISHA for employee injuries at multi-employer worksites (see, e.g., Stute v. P.B.M.C., Inc., 114 Wash.2d 454, 788 P.2d 545 (1990) and its numerous forebears). However, the issue of insurance coverage in such cases is less commonly opined upon, likely because worksite insurance coverage is so often...