Graff v. Allstate Insurance
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtBridgewater, J.
— Allstate Insurance Company appeals the grant of summary judgment and attorney fees in favor of the plaintiff, Harry Graff, an Allstate policyholder, on his breach of contract claim. After a tenant’s methamphetamine laboratory damaged his rental house, Graff filed a *801claim with Allstate for his cleanup expenses. Allstate denied Graff’s claim, citing the policy’s contamination exclusion. We hold that operation of a methamphetamine laboratory is vandalism, a covered event under the policy, and the claim is not barred due to the contamination exclusion. We affirm.
Graff owns a house in the city…
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