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CHICAGO TITLE INS. v. OFFICE OF INS. COM'R

No. 40752-3-II.

271 P.3d 373 (2012)

166 Wn. App. 844

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE CO., an Authorized Insurer, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF the INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

February 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Conrad Neu , K & L Gates LLP, Jessica Anne Skelton , Matthew J. Segal , Sarah C. Johnson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Victor M. Minjares , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Stephen John Sirianni , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Stewart Title Guaranty Company.

JOHANSON, J.

¶ 1 Chicago Title seeks reversal of an Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC) ruling, arguing that the ruling erroneously imposed vicarious liability on Chicago Title for the regulatory violations of Land Title Insurance (Land Title) merely because Chicago Title underwrites Land Title's title insurance policies. We hold that the OIC did not have statutory, inherent, or common law authority to impose vicarious liability on Chicago Title for regulatory...

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