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GULL IND. v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 69569-0-1.

326 P.3d 782 (2014)

GULL INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant/Cross Respondent, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY and Transamerica Insurance Group, Respondents/Cross Appellants, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company; American Economy Insurance Company; American States Insurance Company (Successor to Western Casualty and Surety Company); Chicago Insurance Company; Columbia Casualty Company; Federal Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; General Insurance Company of America; Granite State Insurance Company; Indiana Insurance Company; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA; PA; North Pacific Insurance Company; Ohio Casualty Insurance Company; Pacific Indemnity Company; Safeco Insurance Company of America; United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company; Westport Insurance Corporation; and Zurich-American Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Dennis Cordell , Jeffrey Iver Tilden , Susannah Christiana Carr , Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP, Bradley Merrill Marten , Jessica K. Ferrell , Russell Clayton Prugh , Marten Law PLLC, Seattle, WA, Steven Gary Jones , Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake Cty, UT, for Appellant.

Michael Simpson Rogers , Reed McClure , Carl Edward Forsberg , Richard R. Roland , Patrick S. Brady , Forsberg & Umlauf PS, Seattle, WA, Timothy J. Fagan , Clay H. Phillips , Bethanie L. Berube , Katie Irvine Falkenberg , Michael L. Resis , Erika Stamper , Smith Amundsen LLC, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.

Valerie Kay Rickman , Andrew Arthur Fitz , Ofc of the Aty General/Ecology Division, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa State Department of Ecology.

Gailann Y. Stargardter , Archer Norris , Walnut Creek, CA, Sara Ellen Metteer , Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson , Jodi Ann McDougall , Molly Siebert Eckman , Brendan Winslow-Nason , Cozen O'Connor , Lawrence Gottlieb , Betts Patterson Mines, P.S., Peter Jeffrey Mintzer , Chamberlin Keaster & Brockman LLP, Jeffrey David Laveson , Carney Badley Spellman , T. Arlen Rumsey , Attorney at Law, Stephanie S. Andersen , Attorney at Law, Patrick Evans Trompeter , Hackett, Beecher & Hart, Steven Soha , Geoffrey C. Bedell , Susannah. J. Sharp , Soha & Lang, P.S. Seattle, WA, for Other Parties.

VERELLEN, A.C.J.

¶ 1 The Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), chapter 70.105D RCW, imposes strict liability upon the owner or operator of contaminated property. Such strict liability may trigger the duty to indemnify under commercial liability policies even if no agency has taken or overtly threatened formal legal action.1 We are asked to decide what triggers a duty to defend "any suit" when the owner of contaminated property faces strict...

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