SAFECO INSURANCE CO. OF AM. v. HIRSCHMANN

No. 55638-5.

112 Wn.2d 621 (1989)

773 P.2d 413

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. JAN V. HIRSCHMANN, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Harvey, Gary A. Maehara, and Bradley D. Westphal, for petitioner.

Sylvester, Ruud, Petrie & Cruzen, by John T. Petrie, for respondents.

Richard S.L. Roddis, James L. Knoll, Douglas G. Houser, and I. Franklin Hunsaker on behalf of State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., amici curiae for petitioner.

Richard T. Beal, Jr., and John V. Ohnstad, Jr., amici curiae for respondents.


SMITH, J.

Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco) petitioned this court for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One. Safeco brought an action for declaratory judgment and summary judgment against Jan V. Hirschmann and Evelyn F. McElmeel, its insureds, in the King County Superior Court based on a clause in its all-risk homeowners policy purporting to exclude damage resulting from landslides. The trial court granted judgment

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