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TANK v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY CO.

Nos. 50933-6, 50994-8.

105 Wn.2d 381 (1986)

715 P.2d 1133

JAMES D. TANK, Respondent, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner, MELVIN F. WALKER, Respondent. PAMELA G. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullin, Etter & Cronin, P.S., by Timothy P. Cronin, and Reed, McClure, Moceri, Thonn & Moriarty, by William R. Hickman and Karen Southworth Weaver, for petitioner.

Gould, Russo, Eitreim & Barrett, by Robert B. Gould and Douglas K. Barrett, for appellant.

Clinton J. Henderson, for respondents Tank and Walker.

Keolker & Swerk, by Robert A. Keolker, for respondent Public Employees Mutual Insurance Co.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux on behalf of Washington Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae for respondent Tank.

Bertha B. Fitzer on behalf of Washington Association of Defense Counsel, amicus curiae for the insurers.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

These two cases were consolidated. Both present the issue whether a third party claimant may sue an insurer directly for breach of the insurer's duty of good faith. To fully address that question, the portion of Tank v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company which involves Walker, the third party claimant, is consolidated with Johnson v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance Company and analyzed in part II.

That portion of Tank v. State Farm Fire...

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