WASHINGTON FEDERAL COURT REFUSES TO EXTEND COVERAGE TO SPOUSE OF NAMED INSURED WHEN NOT QUALIFIED AS AN “INSURED” UNDER PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY POLICY

On May 19, 2016, Judge John C. Coughenour for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a motion to dismiss a coverage lawsuit filed by an insured, finding the insurers did not have a duty to defend the insured’s spouse when the spouse was not a named insured under a professional liability policy and did not otherwise qualify as an insured.

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