NEIGEL v. HARRELL

No. 18485-1-II.

919 P.2d 630 (1996)

82 Wash.App. 782

Paul NEIGEL, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. Larry D. HARRELL and Allstate Insurance Company, Respondent/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Fredrick Foley and Laurence R. Wagner, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Vancouver, for Respondent.

Ben Shafton, Morse & Bratt, Vancouver, for Appellants.


TURNER, Judge.

Neigel appeals the dismissal of his suit against Harrell and Allstate. He alleges that Allstate's failure to promptly pay his damage claim breaches a regulation that requires insurers to make good faith attempts "to effectuate prompt payment of property damage claims to innocent third parties." The issue is whether a third party can recover from an insurer that fails to promptly pay the claim when its insured damaged the third party's property. Our...

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