Grange Insurance Co. v. Brosseau

113 Wn.2d 91 (1989)

776 P.2d 123

GRANGE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent,

v.

MARTIN BROSSEAU, ET AL, Appellants.

No. 55813-2.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 13, 1989.

Jeff C. Mapes (Tom Barnett and Imperati, Barnett, Sherwood & Coon, P.C., of counsel), for appellants.

Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, by R. Daniel Lindahl and Douglas F. Foley, for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is whether Grange Insurance Association has a duty to defend its insured in a wrongful death action where the insured allegedly killed the decedent in that action in self-defense. Under the…