Filing two separate lawsuits based on the same event—claim splitting—is precluded in Washington. Sprague v. Adams, 139 Wn. 510, 515, 247 P. 960, 47 A.L.R. 529 (1926). But this defense may be waived. Hardware Dealers Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Farmers Ins. Exch.,
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