If the Shoe Fits…
Most of us have a wide variety of footwear we can choose to wear on the job. Seamen, however, are quite limited in their choices. If a seaman chooses the wrong footwear and is injured as a result, there may…
Most of us have a wide variety of footwear we can choose to wear on the job. Seamen, however, are quite limited in their choices. If a seaman chooses the wrong footwear and is injured as a result, there may…
Yes, there are insurance law developments that do not involve the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, April 6, in the latest chapter of a 30 plus year saga, the California Supreme Court issued yet another (and a much anticipated) opinion in…
In a case that ought to remind us that there are few limits to the creativity of the policyholder bar, and that if a course of action seems too cute, it probably is, the California District Court of Appeal used…
On June 19, 2019, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Summit Real Estate Management v. Mid-Century Ins. Co. Ron Clark, Dan Lindahl, and Jackie Mitchson of Bullivant Houser Bailey represented Mid-Century at the trial court and on…
A maritime lien is created when certain goods and/or services are provided to a vessel. (see Pacific Maritime Magazine, Maritime Liens 101, November 2010). It is a non-possessory lien meaning the lienholder has a claim against the vessel but does…
Johnson v. Wang 2018 AMC 2838 (W.D. Wash. 2018), (Fishermen's News, April 2019) involved a suit brought by Johnson against Wang for wages owed in the amount of $7,380. Johnson spent 492 hours at $15 per hour working on Wang's…
Many marine insurance policies condition coverage on the insured vessel remaining within a specific geographic area. If an insured vessel suffers a casualty while navigating outside the specific geographic area, most often there is no coverage for the loss. And…
A vessel owner has a legal duty to provide a safe way for people to get on and off the vessel, such as a gangway. What happens when someone attempts to board the vessel while intoxicated and suffers an injury?…
Washington State's Legislative Season this year was a busy one, with several key statutes getting passed. From a defense litigation perspective, a key and controversial bill was SB 5163, Relating to actions for wrongful injury or death. This bill was…
Six years ago in Nat'l Sur. Corp. v. Immunex Corp., 176 Wn.2d 872, 297 P.3d 688 (2013), the Washington Supreme Court concluded that, unless a right to reimbursement of defense costs was affirmatively included in the language of an insurance…