MATSYUK v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO.

Nos. 84686-3, 85012-7.

272 P.3d 802 (2012)

173 Wn.2d 643

Olga MATSYUK, individually, and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Petitioner, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent. Karen Weismann, Petitioner, v. Safeco Insurance Company Of Illinois, a foreign insurance company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew James Ide , Ide Law Office, David R. Hallowell , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Craig Frazier Schauermann , Scott Alan Staples , Attorney at Law, Vancouver, WA, for Petitioner.

Kenneth E. Payson , Stephen Michael Rummage , Roger Ashley Leishman , Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, M. Colleen Barrett , Gregory S. Worden , Kevin J. Kay , Barrett & Worden, PS, Seattle, WA, Hozaifa Y. Cassubhai , U.S. District Court, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Gary Neil Bloom , Harbaugh & Bloom, PS, Spokane, WA, George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm, PLLC, Moses Lake, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.


STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 These consolidated cases invite us to clarify the pro rata fee sharing rule announced in Mahler v. Szucs, 135 Wn.2d 398, 957 P.2d 632, 966 P.2d 305 (1998), and elaborated upon in Winters v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 144 Wn.2d 869, 31 P.3d 1164 (2001), and Hamm v. State Farm...

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