DANIELS v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 96185-9.

444 P.3d 582 (2019)

Lazuri DANIELS, individually, and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Petitioner, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

May 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew James Ide , Ide Law Office, 7900 SE 28th Street, Suite 500, Mercer Island, WA 98040-6004, for Petitioner.

Frank Falzetta , Jennifer Hoffman , Shephard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLC, 333 South Hope Street, 43rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Joseph D. Hampton , Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S., 701 Pike Street, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101-3927, for Respondents.

Linda Blohm Clapham , Michael Barr King , Carney Badley Spellman PS, 701 5th Avenue, Suite 3600, Seattle, WA 98104-7010, for Amicus Curiae (American Property Casualty Ins. Association, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies).

Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 NW Aspen Street, Camas, WA 98607-8302, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1300, Spokane, WA 99201-0305, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Association for Justice Foundation).

Marta Uballe DeLeon , Office of the Attorney General, 1125 Washington Street SE, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Insurance Commissioner).


¶1 This case concerns whether a first-party insurer, upon obtaining a partial recovery in a subrogation action, is required to reimburse its fault-free insureds for the full amount of their deductibles before any portion of the subrogation proceeds can be allocated to the insurer. Lazuri Daniels brought claims and sought class action...

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