Continental Casualty Co. v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment construing the indemnity provisions of a written contract.

Four parties are involved on this appeal: Continental Casualty Company, a foreign corporation; Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, a municipal corporation; General Construction Company, a corporation; and Travelers Indemnity Company, a foreign corporation. For brevity, we refer to the parties as Continental, Metro, General Construction, and Travelers.

The facts were presented to the trial court on written stipulation of counsel.

By competitive bid, Metro (defendant and respondent) awarded…