CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON IN
THE BOEING COMPANY, Plaintiff,
v.
AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, ET AL, Defendants.
NORTHWEST STEEL ROLLING MILLS, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL, Defendants.
RSR CORPORATION, Plaintiff,
v.
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL, Defendants.
JOHN FLUKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, ET AL, Defendants.
HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN FLUKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., ET AL, Defendants.
DAVIS WALKER CORPORATION, Plaintiff,
v.
AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Defendant.
The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 4, 1990.
January 4, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles C. Gordon, William A. Gould, and Nicholas P. Gellert (of Perkins Coie); Robert N. Sayler, James R. Murray, and Eric C. Bosset (of Covington & Burling); Paul R. Carlson, for plaintiff Boeing.
Sylvester, Ruud, Petrie & Cruzen, by John T. Petrie and Robert W. Bryan, for plaintiff Northwest Steel.
Don M. Gulliford and Robert R. Cole (Philip H. Gitlen, Jonathan P. Nye, and Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, of counsel), for plaintiff RSR.
Stevan D. Phillips and Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey (George Berger, Judith S. Roth, and Philips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, of counsel), for plaintiff John Fluke Manufacturing.
Jeffrey W. Leppo, Ruth L. Piekarska, and Bogle & Gates, for plaintiff Davis Walker Corp.
Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Jerry B. Edmonds, Patrick M. O'Loughlin, Roy A. Umlauf, Frankie A. Crain, and Colleen M. Cook; Carney, Stephenson, Badley, Smith, Mueller & Spellman and Sylvia Luppert; Carr, Goodson, Lee & Foret, Margaret Warner, and Michael Hooks; Thorsrud, Cane & Paulich, Mark Thorsrud, and Patrick M. Paulich; Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, Sidney R.Snyder, Jr., and Ronald Dinning; Wilson, Smith, Cochran & Dickerson, Dennis Smith, and David M. Jacobi; Hallmark, Keating & Abbott, William Fitzharris, Jr., and Pamela Lang; Dunlap & Soderland and David Soderland; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Mark C. Raskoff, for defendants insurers.
Bassett & Morrison, by W. George Bassett, Philip R. Croessmann, and Margaret A. Morgan, for defendant Granite State Insurance.
Betts, Patterson & Mines, by Jeffrey C. Grant and Margaret E. Wetherald, for defendant Highlands Insurance.
Lane Powell Moss & Miller, by Robert L. Israel, David M. Schoeggl, and Douglas J. Ende, for defendants London Underwriters, et al.
Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, by Richard S. Feldman, Jeffrey Silberfeld, and Steven Brock; Bradbury, Bliss & Riordan, by John H. Bradbury and Carl E. Forsberg, for defendant Hartford.
David M. Brenner, Peter J. Kalis, Thomas M. Reiter, and James R. Segerdahl on behalf of CIBA-Geigy Energy Corp., Dow Chemical Co., IBM, and NI Industries; Carol A. Wardell on behalf of PUD 1 of Chelan County; Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Jerry Ackerman and Lee Rees, Assistants, George E. Greer, Linda R. Larson, Molly B. Burke, and Mark S. Parris on behalf of the State, Pierce County, Port of Tacoma, Port of Seattle, Land Recovery, Inc., and Leichner Brothers Land Reclamation; Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney for King County, and James L. Brewer, Senior Deputy, on behalf of King County, Clark County, and Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys; Douglas N. Jewett, Seattle City Attorney, Terrence J. Cullen, Assistant; William J. Barker, Tacoma City Attorney, G. Stephen Karavitis, Assistant, and Robert F. Hauth on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, amici curiae for plaintiffs.
William R. Hickman on behalf of Safeco Insurance Co.; Thomas S. James, Jr., P. Cameron DeVore, Donald S. Kunze, Thomas W. Brunner, James M. Johnstone, and Frederick S. Ansell on behalf of Insurance Environmental Litigation Association, amici curiae for defendants.
The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
DORE, J.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has certified the following question of state law to this court:
Whether, under Washington law, the environmental response costs paid or to be paid by the insureds, as the result of action taken by the United States and the State of Washington under CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., constitute "damages" within the meaning of the comprehensive general liability policies...
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