Pacific Dredging Co. v. Hurley

This is an appeal from a judgment granting to respondent $26,546.44 in damages on its claim for negligence of appellants, insurance brokers, in failing to extend or renew marine insurance coverage on respondent’s dredge, which sank in Puget Sound.

Respondent, Pacific Dredging Company, Inc., was the owner of a suction dredge, called “Pacific Dredge No. 1.” The dredge was used principally on inland waters around Seattle (Lake Washington, Lake Union, the ship canal, and Duwamish River). Appellants, since 1959, had acted as exclusive insurance brokers for respondent and handled all matters…