The COVID-19 pandemic presents a monumental change in the business insurance landscape. This includes the relationship between employees and employers. Inevitably, many employees will contract COVID-19 in the workplace. In such cases, Employers’ first questions will almost certainly be (1)…
Read MoreGeneral contractor liability has been a hot button issue for Washington courts recently. As explained in a previous blog post, the Washington Supreme Court issued an opinion last year that many thought narrowed jobsite liability for general contractors. Not so. …
Read MoreAs 'shelter in place' orders increase, business are turning to their insurance policies to cover losses incurred due to government ordered shutdowns.
Read MoreYou’re old enough. You’re wealthy enough. People depend on you. There’s no excuse for procrastinating! By Kaity Perez, JD, LLM and James Nevers, CFP A recent Caring.com survey found that nearly four in five millennials (78%) and 64 percent of…
Read MoreThe Washington Supreme Court recently issued a new decision that restricts insurance companies with regard to their longstanding attempts to exclude pollution-related losses and draft around Washington’s “efficient proximate cause” rule. Xia v. Probuilders Specialty Ins. Co., et al. In…
Read MoreCommercial General Liability (“CGL”) Insurance policies generally cover an insured for costs the insured becomes obligated to pay due to “bodily injury” or “property damage.” Thus, on their face, CGL policies appear to cover an insured for a host of…
Read MoreThe Western District of Washington recently ruled that, absent a contrary term in the insurance policy, an insurer does not have the sole power to set the rates it will pay for defending its insured in a lawsuit. The case, National…
Read MoreA common issue in insurance coverage matters is the nature of the relationship between the attorney hired to represent the insured and the insurer who pays for the attorneys’ services. A recent case decided by the Supreme Court of Washington…
Read MoreA recent Washington appellate case clarified the distinction between “stigma damages” and “diminished value damages” to a vehicle involved in a collision and addressed whether their recovery may be excluded from an automobile insurance policy. In Ibrahim v. AIU Ins.…
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