WOO v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

No. 53123-9-I.

114 P.3d 681 (2005)

Robert C. WOO, D.D.S. and Anne M. Woo, husband and wife; and the marital community composed thereof, Respondents, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation; National Surety Corporation, an Illinois corporation; Depositors Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, Appellants. The Pacific Underwriters Corporation, a Washington corporation, Defendant Below.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Reconsideration Denied August 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. King, Michael H. Runyan, Emilia L. Sweeney, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, Counsel for Appellants.

Charles K. Wiggins, Cheryl A. Dickerhoof, Wiggins & Masters PLLC, Bainbridge Island, Richard A. Bergh, Law Office of Andrew Bergh, Seattle, Richard B. Kilpatrick, Bellevue, Counsel for Respondents.


KENNEDY, J.

¶ 1 While his patient, also an employee, was under anesthesia for a dental procedure, a dentist played a practical joke by putting false teeth shaped like boar tusks into her mouth and taking pictures. After his insurer declined to defend him, the dentist settled his employee's lawsuit and sued his insurance company for coverage, for expenses incurred in his defense, for damages for bad faith and violations of the Consumer Protection Act, and for...

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