Marti McCaleb | Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt | October 3, 2017 Earlier this year, the Public-Private Partnership (P3) Committee of the Washington Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) submitted draft legislation that would make significant changes to Washington’s current statutory structure for public-private partnerships. A P3 is a contractual relationship between a public agency and… Continue reading Public-Private Partnerships: Navigating the Ins and Outs of P3s
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It’s Tradition! Pollution Exclusion Applies Only to Traditional Environmental Contamination: New Cases from Washington and Connecticut
Lucas M. Blower | Brouse McDowell | September 17, 2017 In general, a pollution exclusion precludes coverage for liabilities arising from the “discharge, dispersal, release or escape” of “irritants, contaminants or pollutants.” The exclusion was incorporated in commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies in response to the massive environmental liabilities incurred by companies in the… Continue reading It’s Tradition! Pollution Exclusion Applies Only to Traditional Environmental Contamination: New Cases from Washington and Connecticut
Washington Federal Court Rejects Policyholder’s “Separate Claim” Argument
Jason Morris | PropertyCasualtyFocus | July 14, 2017 In April, a federal district court in the Western District of Washington issued a decision in National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. Zillow, Inc.While at first blush, it may seem only of interest to those who work with media policies, this decision has potential broader application. In short,… Continue reading Washington Federal Court Rejects Policyholder’s “Separate Claim” Argument
Poisoning the Well: Washington Supreme Court Applies Efficient Proximate Cause to Eviscerate Pollution Exclusion in Liability Policy
Meredith Whigham Caiafa | PropertyCasualtyFocus | July 7, 2017 Professionals and practitioners in first party property insurance are likely familiar with the efficient proximate cause rule, which requires an insurance policy to provide coverage where “a covered peril sets in motion a causal chain,” even if subsequent causes-in-fact of the loss are excluded by the… Continue reading Poisoning the Well: Washington Supreme Court Applies Efficient Proximate Cause to Eviscerate Pollution Exclusion in Liability Policy
Washington Supreme Court Applies Efficient Proximate Cause Test to Pollution Exclusion
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP | May 2, 2017 In its recent decision in Xia v. ProBuilders Specialty Ins. Co. RRG, 2017 Wash. LEXIS 443 (Wash. Apr. 27, 2017), the Supreme Court of Washington had occasion to address the concept of efficient proximate cause as it relates to the application of a pollution exclusion.… Continue reading Washington Supreme Court Applies Efficient Proximate Cause Test to Pollution Exclusion