Mealey's (September 21, 2017, 1:18 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on Sept. 20 agreed to bifurcate the proceedings in a declaratory judgment suit brought by two insurers against a pipe company, finding that the defendant company’s extracontractual counterclaims against the insurance companies can proceed to trial and that the declaratory judgment suit can move forward only if an underlying suit determines if the pipe company can face claims brought by a water district (Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, et al. v. Northwest Pipe Company, et al., No. C17-5098 BHS, W.D. Wash., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153329)....