FIREMAN'S FUND v. PUGET SOUND ESCROW CLOSERS

No. 41475-5-I.

979 P.2d 872 (1999)

96 Wash.App. 227

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. PUGET SOUND ESCROW CLOSERS, INC., a corporation; Peter R. Atkins and Jane Doe Atkins, husband and Wife; Shawna Nichols and John Doe Nichols, Wife and Husband; Cheryl Stanton and John Doe Stanton, Wife and Husband, Defendants, Daniel Paris and Pamela Paris, Husband and wife, Respondents/Cross-Appellants. v. Continental Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Mullin, Abbott, Davis, Rothwell, Mullin & Earle, P.C., Seattle, for Appellant.

Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Sullivan & Thoreson, Michael T. Schein, Seattle, for Respondent (Paris).

John E. Gagliardi, Thomas Howard Fain, Fain, Sheldon, Anderson & Vanderhoef, PLLC, Seattle, Louis C. Roberts, Wison, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York, NY, for Respondent (Continental Ins. Co.).


KENNEDY, C.J.

After Daniel and Pamela Paris obtained a default judgment against Puget Sound Escrow Closers, Inc., for damages resulting from an inadequately secured loan that the Parises made to Aquatic Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Puget Sound Escrow Closers, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Puget Sound Escrow's errors and omissions insurer, filed a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that it was under no duty or obligation to defend or...

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