ALASKA NAT. INS. CO. v. BRYAN

No. 52894-7-I.

104 P.3d 1 (2004)

ALASKA NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Alaska corporation; and Federal Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation, Respondents, v. Harold A. BRYAN, an individual; Wards Cove Packing Company, a Washington corporation; and, Defendants, Kevin D. Brunk, an individual; and Orville Brunk and Peggy Brunk, husband and wife, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered December 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne David Hawn, Phillip Paul Weidner, Anchorage, Michael Charles Kahrs, Seattle, Patrick H. LePley, Bellevue, for Kevin, Orville & Peggy Brunk.

A. Richard Dykstra, J. William Ashbaugh, Stafford Frey Cooper, Seattle, for Alaska National Insurance Company.

Michael Alan Barcott, Seattle, for Wards Cove Packing Company.

Craig Hinton Bennion, Thomas Martin Jones, Seattle, for Federal Insurance Company.

William Robert Hickman, Seattle, for Washington Insurance Law.


COLEMAN, J.

An employee of Wards Cove Packing Company injured a passenger on his motorcycle while returning to Wards Cove's property after a night of heavy drinking. The injured passenger alleges that Wards Cove's insurer is liable for a judgment entered against the employee because the employee was acting in the business or personal affairs of Wards Cove at the time of the accident. In the alternative, the passenger argues that the insurer acted in bad faith and...

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