Groshong v. Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s judgment, following a stipulated facts trial, that the defendant insurance company was not obligated to defend and indemnify plaintiffs against a claim of intentional housing discrimination. We affirm.

The parties stipulated to the following facts: Plaintiff Joel Groshong owned the Cabana Apartments in Portland and employed plaintiffs JoAnn and Gary Huth to manage them. In November 1992, a prospective tenant, Ms. Sifuentes, who had a seven-week-old son, inquired about renting a vacant second-floor apartment. Ms. Huth informed Sifuentes that the Cabana…