No Coverage For Damages To Insured’s Dock Caused By Water, Structural Defects

(November 14, 2023, 11:04 AM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge on Nov. 13 granted summary judgment in favor of a homeowners insurer after determining that the insured’s claims for breach of contract and bad faith cannot proceed because the insurer’s denial of coverage for damage to a dock on the insured’s property was reasonable as the damage was caused by water and structural defects, excluded causes of losses, rather than wind....