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POSTLEWAIT CONSTR., INC. v. GREAT AMERICAN INS. COMPANIES

No. 52129-8.

106 Wn.2d 96 (1986)

720 P.2d 805

POSTLEWAIT CONSTRUCTION, INC., Petitioner, v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Conklin and Backman, Blumel & Reed, by James E. Reed and Joseph A. Blumel III, for petitioner.

Johnson & McLean, by Peter J. Johnson, for respondents.

ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

Postlewait Construction, Inc. (lessor) appeals a summary judgment dismissing its action against Great American Insurance Companies (insurer) for breach of an agreement to insure. The Court of Appeals held that the lessor was not a beneficiary of the insurance policy in question, and therefore had no standing to sue. We granted discretionary review.

The lessor, Postlewait, is the owner of two cranes (a 30-ton Drott and an...

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