WASHINGTON FEDERAL COURT OPENS DOOR FOR OTHERWISE TIME-BARRED BAD FAITH CLAIM UNDER WASHINGTON’S CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2016 On February 23, 2016, Judge Stanley A. Bastian for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington rendered a potentially important decision on how insurance bad faith claims that may otherwise be time barred by the three-year statute of limitations may survive under Washington’s four-year statute of limitations...
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT UIM POLICY COVERS INJURIES CAUSED BY DRIVE-BY SHOOTING CONSTITUTE “ACCIDENT ARISING OUT OF OWNERSHIP, USE OR OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE”
Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2016 On January 14, 2016, the Washington State Supreme Court rendered an important decision on when an injury “arises out of” the use of a vehicle for the purpose of uninsured motorist (“UIM”) coverage. Please click here to read the full article.
WASHINGTON FEDERAL COURT CLARIFIES DISCOVERY OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN INSURERS AND COVERAGE COUNSEL UNDER CEDELL
Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2016 Very few developments in Washington insurance law have received more attention over the past five years than the Washington Supreme Court’s ruling in Cedell v. Farmers Ins. Co., 176 Wn.2d.686, 295 P.2d 239 (2013). On February 25, 2016, Judge Ronald B. Leighton in the Federal District Court for the Western District...
Williams Kastner Welcomes Eliot Harris to the Seattle Office
February 22, 2016 (Seattle, WA) –Williams Kastner is pleased to announce the addition of Eliot Harris to the Seattle office. Mr. Harris will join the firm’s Business Litigation group. His practice focuses on insurance coverage, product liability and general litigation. Mr. Harris holds a J.D. from Seattle University and a B.A. from University of Washington....