STOUFFER & KNIGHT v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 24075-1-II.

982 P.2d 105 (1999)

96 Wash.App. 741

STOUFFER & KNIGHT, a Washington partnership; Wayne B. Knight and Jane Doe Knight, and the marital community composed thereof; and R.E. Stouffer, Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY; CNA Insurance Companies; CNA Financial Corporation; and Transcontinental Technical Services, Inc., foreign corporations, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered August 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Jeffrey Sternal, Angelia De An Harlow, Eisenhower & Carlson, Tacoma, for Appellants.

David Martin Schoeggl, Tammy Lynn Lewis, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, Seattle, for Respondents.


HUNT, J.

Wayne Knight and his law partnership, Stouffer & Knight (Knight), appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the firm's malpractice carrier, Continental Casualty Company (CNA). CNA denied insurance coverage when Knight's secretary embezzled money from a client's account. Holding that the trial court correctly applied the policy's exclusion for losses "arising from" the dishonest act of an employee...

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