PILGRIM v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. INS. CO.

No. 38549-6-I.

950 P.2d 479 (1997)

Keith PILGRIM and Renae Pilgrim, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, foreign insurance corporation; and Gailann Stargardter and John Doe Stargardter, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered December 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Nylander, Cutler & Nylander PS, Seattle, for Appellants.

W. George Bassett, Graham & Dunn, Seattle, for Respondents.


WEBSTER, Judge.

This case concerns the cooperation clause in an insurance contract and the legislature's recent efforts to diminish fraud in the making of insurance claims. Here, the Pilgrims, who were in the process of selling their home, reported a theft of approximately $15,000 in personal property from their home to the police; the investigating officer found no evidence of forced entry. When filing an itemized claim with State Farm Insurance, the Pilgrims claimed...

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