EIDE v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 33869-2-I.

901 P.2d 1090 (1995)

79 Wash.App. 346

Keith and Adrienne EIDE; Linda and Alan Cook; Vernon Gott; Richard and Cheryl Haugland, Appellants/Cross-Respondents, John P. Kennedy and Sandra Kennedy, Plaintiffs, Frank and Jane Lloyd; Peter and Betty McFarlane, Appellants/Cross-Respondents, Sidney and Laura L. Sharp, Plaintiffs, James Shiflett and Annette Woolsey; Appellants/Cross-Respondents, Raymond and Edith Wicks; and William Forsythe, Plaintiffs, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest; United Services Automobile Association, Defendants, Farmers Insurance Company of Washington, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, The Continental Insurance Company; Allstate Insurance Company; and The North River Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Riper, Stanislaw, Ashbaugh, Riper, Peters & Beal, Seattle, for appellants.

William Hickman, Michael Rogers, Reed, McClure, Seattle, Thomas Lether, Clarke, Bovingdon & Cole, Seattle, for respondents.


BECKER, Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether certain insurance policies cover damage caused by a landslide. The trial court denied coverage. We affirm.

Following extraordinarily heavy rainfall during November and December 1990, a landslide occurred in the Salmon Beach area of Fidalgo Island. Over a period of several days beginning December 30, 1990, cracks opened in the earth extending in an east-west arc more than a quarter mile long. Resulting...

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