OLDS-OLYMPIC, INC. v. COMMERCIAL UNION INS.

No. 61914-0.

918 P.2d 923 (1996)

129 Wash.2d 464

OLDS-OLYMPIC, INC., Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reaugh, Fischnaller & Oettinger, Sylvia Luppert, Seattle, for appellant.

Cusack & Knowles, Kenneth J. Cusack, Jose E. Gaitan; and Hagens & Berman, Jeffrey C. Grant, Jenniphr A. Breckenridge, Seattle, for respondent.

Allan W. Munro, Coie Perkins, Charles C. Gordon, Jeffrey I. Tilden, Seattle, Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Thomas S. James, Jr., Seattle, Eugene Anderson, Robert Horkovich, Peter J. Andrews, William Passannante, New York City, amici curiae.


TALMADGE, Justice.

Olds-Olympic, Inc. (Olds-Olympic) seeks indemnification from its primary and excess comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurers, Commercial Union Insurance Co. (Commercial Union) and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. (Fireman's Fund) for costs incurred in removing contaminated soil that had allegedly polluted the groundwater under its Stone Way site near Lake Union in Seattle. The King County Superior Court entered a judgment on the verdict of the...

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