DUSSAULT EX REL. WALKER-VAN BUREN v. AIG, INC.

No. 53513-7-I.

99 P.3d 1256 (2004)

William DUSSAULT, as guardian ad litem for Sheilana WALKER-VAN BUREN, a minor child, Appellant, v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., Aig Claims Services, Inc., Lexington Insurance Company, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Smart, Keller Rohrback, LLP, Jeffrey Tilden, Gordon Murray Tilden, Franklin Cordell, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Curt H. Feig, Cozen O'Connor, William Frank Knowles, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


COLEMAN, J.

Sheilana Walker-Van Buren, acting through her guardian ad litem, William Dussault, appeals the dismissal of her claims. Walker-Van Buren sued the defendants after Lexington Insurance Company missed the deadline for the payment of funds under a settlement agreement between Walker-Van Buren and Lexington's insured. The Washington Supreme Court has held that third-party claimants such as Walker-Van Buren may not sue an insurer for an alleged breach of the...

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