Judge: Underlying Suits Provide No Evidence That Insurers Had A Duty To Defend

Mealey's (April 21, 2016, 2:25 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Summary judgment in an insurance bad faith lawsuit against two general commercial liability insurers is proper because insureds have failed to show that either of the insurers had a duty to defend the insureds in two underlying lawsuits, a federal judge in Washington ruled April 18 (American Management Services East LLC, et al. v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-1005, W.D. Wash.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51768)....