Asbestos Plaintiff Defends Judgment From Insurer's Amicus

Mealey's (August 25, 2020, 11:10 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A covenant judgment ruling improperly considered future potential risk and costs and would reward the plaintiffs with double recovery, an insurance group told the Washington Supreme Court in urging review on June 16.  But in a July 16 response, the asbestos plaintiffs told the court that it was entirely appropriate to consider the difficulty in recovering a judgment when analyzing a settlement and that nothing in the ruling conflicts with precedent (United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. v. Robert T. Ulbricht, et al., No. 98434-4, Wash. Sup.)....