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STP v. GREAT LAKES REINSURANCE (UK) PLC

No. 79460-4-I (consolidated with No. 79890-1-I).

527 P.3d 134 (2023)

SEATTLE TUNNEL PARTNERS, a Washington joint venture, and Hitachi Zosen U.S.A. Ltd., Petitioners, Washington State Department of Transportation, Respondent, v. GREAT LAKES REINSURANCE (UK) PLC, a foreign insurance company; Surich Insurance PLC, a foreign insurance company; Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation; Indian Harbor Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation; Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, a foreign insurance company; Torus Insurance (UK) Limited, a foreign insurance company; Partner re Ireland Insurance Limited, a foreign insurance company; Does 1-100, individual and/or corporate members of Syndicate 382 at Lloyd's, London; and Does 101-200, individual and/or corporate members of Syndicate 1882 at Lloyd's London, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed April 10, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Lawrence Kingman , Matthew Franklin Pierce , Gregory David Pendleton , John Douglas Cadagan , Miles C. Bludorn , Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell, LLP, 600 University St. Ste. 2915, Seattle, WA, 98101-4172, John Douglas Cadagan , Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell, 421 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 670, Spokane, WA, 99201-0417, Haley K. Krug , Kirton McConkie, 1100 W Idaho St. Ste. 930, Boise, ID, 83702-9001, Leonard J. Feldman , Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 4131, Seattle, WA, 98154-1155, Joseph Luciana , DFL Legal, 3rd Floor, 20 Stanwix Street, Pittsburg, PA, 15222, Richard Ottesen Prentke , Vs L. Woolston , Nicholas Peter Gellert , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Vivek Chopra , Perkins Coie, 700 Thirteenth Street Nw, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20005-3960, Lester Brown , 3150 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, for Petitioners.

Karl Francis Oles , David R. Goodnight , Bart Weldon Reed , Rachel Dunnington Groshong , Jill Diane Bowman , Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University St. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101, Daniel Wilder Galvin , Attorney At Law, P.O. Box 11011, Olympia, WA, 98508-1011, Guy M. Bowman , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 40113, Olympia, WA, 98504-0113, W. Christopher Pooser , Stoel Rives LLP, 101 S. Capital Boulevard, Suite 1900, Boise, ID, 83702, Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. Sw, Third Floor Ste. C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, Matthew Gonzalez , Zelle LLP, 45 Broadway, Suite 720, New York, NY, 10006, Dan Millea , Zelle LLP, 500 Washington Ave S, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, Matthew J. Sekits , Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, 925 4th Ave Ste 3800, Seattle, WA, 98104-1129, for Respondents.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) and Hitachi Zosen U.S.A., Ltd. (Hitachi) appeal an order imposing spoliation sanctions in this insurance coverage lawsuit. STP contends the trial court erred in concluding it committed spoliation and erred in ruling that the Washington Department of Transportation ...

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