Panel Says Insurer’s Declaratory Judgment Claim Was Moot After Settlement

(May 31, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A district court erred in allowing an insurer’s declaratory judgment claim to proceed after an underlying construction defects suit was settled because the insurer’s declaratory judgment claim became moot after the settlement, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said May 24 in partially reversing the district court’s judgment (Century Surety Co., v. Belmont Seattle LLC, No. 14-36002, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9052)....