On June 18, 2015, the Washington Supreme Court issued an opinion in Queen Anne Park Homeowners Ass’n v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 90651-3, —Wn.2d —, — P.3d —, 2015 WL 3795796 (2015), addressing the meaning of the term “collapse” in an insurance policy. We previously wrote […]
On August 19, 2014, a panel the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considering the case Queen Anne Park Homeowners Ass’n v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., Appeal No. 12-36021, certified the following question to the Washington Supreme Court: What does “collapse” mean under Washington law in an insurance policy that […]
On May 21, 2014, the federal district court in Oregon issued an opinion in Tarleton, LLC v State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2014 WL 2126567 (D. Or. May 21, 2014), addressing whether a collapse condition was covered under an “all risk” insurance policy. The court found that the collapse […]
