Magistrate Orders Safeco To Submit Withheld Docs In Bad Faith Coverage Suit

Mealey's (March 7, 2022, 8:28 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal magistrate judge on March 2 found that many of the documents withheld or redacted by Safeco Insurance Company of America in a coverage dispute over a damaged rental property were not shielded by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine, granting the homeowner’s motion to compel submission of the documents, while ordering the insurer to supplement its privilege log to clearly explain why any withheld documents are privileged....