Mealey's (September 23, 2020, 9:58 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Sept. 21 consolidated an insurer's suit and a similar suit filed by the insured's assignees after determining that both cases involve identical parties and overlapping questions of law and fact related to the insurer's duty to defend and indemnify its insured for the settlement of an underlying asbestos personal injury suit (Karen Ulbricht, et al. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., No. 20-617, W.D. Wash., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172774)....