Legal Opinion

McDonald v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1992No. 58078-2PublishedCited by 245 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtUtter, J.

This case involves an insurance coverage dispute. The McDonalds sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm) for breach of contract. They claimed State Farm failed to indemnify them for property losses the McDonalds asserted were covered by a State Farm homeowners' insurance contract. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to State Farm and ordered summary judgment entered in favor of the McDonalds. We reverse the Court of Appeals, finding there is no coverage under the insurance policy for the efficient proximate cause of the McDonalds' losses or…

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