Olympic Steamship Co., Inc. v. Centennial Ins. Co.
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtDore, C.J.
Olympic Steamship Company appeals a Court of Appeals decision that the "sistership clause" in its insurance policy excluded coverage of the cost Olympic incurred when it paid its customers for the expense they suffered recalling their product from the market.
We hold that the sistership exclusion does not apply when a third party withdraws the insured's product from the market and that Olympic's defective packaging did not make the packers' canned salmon Olympic's product, for purposes of insurance coverage.
We affirm the trial court.
Facts
Olympic Steamship Company operated Salmon Terminals, a…
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