UNIGARD INS. CO. v. MUTUAL OF ENUMCLAW INS.

No. 64516-1-I.

250 P.3d 121 (2011)

UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a Washington corporation, Respondent, v. MUTUAL OF ENUMCLAW INSURANCE COMPANY, a Washington corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Arnold Branom , Ronald Stanford Dinning , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Karen Southworth Weaver , Soha & Lang PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 Mutual of Enumclaw breached its duty of good faith to defend its insured. Because of the breach, harm to the insured was presumed and Mutual of Enumclaw had the burden to rebut this presumption. Having failed to carry its burden at trial, Mutual of Enumclaw seeks reversal primarily based on alleged errors that are neither preserved nor properly assigned. We reverse in part only because the trial court applied the wrong rate of prejudgment interest...

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