Insureds Dispute Application Of ‘Machinery Breakdown’ Exclusion In Washington Court

Mealey's (March 11, 2020, 9:46 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — In three separate opening briefs, insureds recently asked the Division I Washington Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court’s ruling that held that a builder’s risk insurance policy’s “machinery breakdown exclusion” bars coverage for damage to a tunnel boring machine used in the construction of the SR 99 tunnel, arguing that the lower court “erred in rewriting the machinery breakdown exclusion in favor of the defendant insurance companies” (Seattle Tunnel Partners, et al. v. Great Lakes Reinsurance [UK] PLC, et al., No. 78691-1-I, Wash. App., Div. 1)....