NATIONAL UNION v. NWYS

No. 42584-6-I.

983 P.2d 1144 (1999)

97 Wash.App. 226

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, a Pennsylvania corporation, Respondent, v. NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES, a nonprofit Washington corporation, Defendant, Paul C. Ritchie, an individual; and Connie Lavalley, an individual, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered September 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Shepherd, Patricia S. Woodall, Shepard, Abbott, and Woodall, Everson, WA, for Appellants.

Steven J. Chance, Simonarson Visser Zender & Thurston, Bellingham, WA, for Defendant.

Robert J. Roche, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


COLEMAN, J.

Connie LaValley sued her therapist, Paul Ritchie, and Northwest Youth Services (NWYS), Ritchie's employer, alleging that Ritchie had entered into an improper sexual relationship with her.1 National Union Fire Insurance Company, NWYS's insurer, then commenced this declaratory judgment action, contending that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Ritchie and NWYS on LaValley's claims...

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