Legal Opinion
Rizzuti v. Basin Travel Service of Othello, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 3, 2005No. 22794-4-IIIPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 — Maryanne Rizzuti died in an airplane crash during a safari trip to Africa. Basin Travel Service of Othello, Inc., the travel agency that booked the trip, provided automatic transportation insurance through Travel Insured International, Inc., (TII) and Travelers Indemnity Company Hartford, Connecticut, for clients whose tickets were issued by the agency. Ms. Rizzuti’s *606heirs1 sued for recovery under the policy and damages for bad faith and Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW, violations when TII denied coverage. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion for summary…
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