Cline v. Safeco Insurance Companies

ROSE, Justice.

This case arose when appellee-Safeco Insurance Companies refused to accept responsibility under a general liability insurance contract for a lawsuit initiated against appellants Donald M. Cline and Cline Plumbing & Heating, Inc., by a third party because of defective work performed by the appellants. Appellants concede that the literal language of the contract excludes coverage, but generally argue that the contract is unfair and unconscionable and that the insurance salesman, appellee-Ralph Levi, and appellee-Levi, Inc., made promises contrary to the policy. The district court…