Washington Fed. Courts Split on IFCA
A judge in the Eastern District of Washington, expressly rejecting the holdings in a series of cases from the Western District of Washington, recently found that an insured could establish…
A judge in the Eastern District of Washington, expressly rejecting the holdings in a series of cases from the Western District of Washington, recently found that an insured could establish…
Last Friday, a jury sitting in the Western District of Washington in Cox v. Continental Cas. Co., No. C13-2288 MJP (W.D. Wash. Jan. 23, 2015), found an insurer acted negligently and…
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington recently issued an opinion addressing an insured’s claims for bad faith and violation of the Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA)…
A Washington federal district court recently issued an opinion in Cox v. Continental Cas. Co., 2014 WL 2011238 (W.D. Wash. May 16, 2014). The case addressed several extra-contractual insurance claims brought…
The Western District of Washington recently issued an opinion in Beasley v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2014 WL 1494030 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 16, 2014), addressing an insured’s extra-contractual…
A judge in the Western District of Washington recently issued an opinion in Seaway Properties LLC v Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 2014 WL 1612696, --- F.Supp.2d --- (W.D. Wash. Apr.…
The Eastern District of Washington recently issued an extensive opinion in Hell Yeah Cycles v Ohio Sec. Ins. Co., 2014 WL 1671491, --- F.Supp.2d --- (E.D. Wash. Apr. 28, 2014),…
On April 16, 2014, Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner attorneys F.J. Maloney and Nick Thede obtained a directed verdict in favor of their client at the trial of Yamaguchi v. Farmers Ins.…
The Washington Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion on February 10, 2014, on an insured’s entitlement to wage loss benefits under the personal injury protection (“PIP”) coverage available in…
On January 28, 2014, Division 2 of the Washington Court of Appeals issued an extensive opinion in United Services Auto. Ass’n v. Speed, Wash. Ct. of App., Div. 2, No.…