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SMITH v. SAFECO INS. CO.

No. 26721-7-II.

50 P.3d 277 (2002)

Janice M. SMITH and Randal Smith, individually and as assignees, Appellants, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY and Linda Bryce, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Beninger, Seattle, Patricia Anderson, Kirkland, for Appellants.

Richard S. Fallon, Seattle, for Respondents.

Robert Reinhard, Tacoma, for Bryce,

MORGAN, J.

The main question in this case is whether an insurer breaches the duty of good faith that it owes to its insured (as opposed to a third party claimant) by not complying with the demand of a third-party claimant, made before any lawsuit is filed, for the disclosure of the insured's policy limits. The answer is no under the circumstances present here.

In April 1997, a car driven by Janice Smith

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