Suit Limitation Provision Does Not Bar Coverage For Hidden Water Damage

Mealey's (February 22, 2023, 9:19 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured condominium association’s amended complaint, rejecting the all-risk insurer’s argument that the two-year suit limitation provision bars the association’s breach of contract and bad faith suit arising out of the insured’s claim for millions of dollars of hidden water damage sustained to its buildings by wind-driven rain....