UNIGARD INS. CO. v. LEVEN

No. 42391-6-I.

983 P.2d 1155 (1999)

UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a Washington corporation, and Unigard Security Insurance Company, a Washington corporation, Appellants, v. Bruce LEVEN, individually; Respondent, Bayside Waste & Hauling, Inc., a Washington corporation; Liquid Waste Disposal Company/Lidco, Inc., a Washington corporation; Northwest Garbage, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Rainier Disposal Company, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Sno-King Garbage, Inc., a Washington corporation, Defendants. Bruce Leven, individually; Bayside Waste Hauling & Transfer, Inc., a Washington corporation; Lidco, Inc., a Washington corporation; Northwest Garbage Co., Inc., a Washington corporation; Rainier Disposal Company, Inc., a Washington corporation; Sno-King Garbage, Inc., a Washington corporation; and WMX Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Unigard Insurance Company, a Washington corporation; Unigard Security Insurance Company, a Washington corporation; and Oregon Automobile Insurance Company, an Oregon corporation, Counterclaim Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary H. Spillane, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, for Appellants.

Donald J. Verfuth, Dianne Kownacki, Carney Badley Smith & Spellman, P.S., Seattle, for Respondent.


AGID, A.C.J.

Unigard Insurance Company filed this declaratory judgment action against Bruce Leven and several corporations he controlled1 claiming it was not obligated to defend or indemnify Leven against liabilities arising from environmental contamination at eight Washington sites where Leven's corporations operated. The trial court granted Leven's cross motion for summary judgment, ruling...

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