American States Insurance v. Symes of Silverdale, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtBridgewater, J.
Kathryn A. Ellis, Symes of Silverdale, Inc.’s (Symes) bankruptcy trustee, and American States Insurance Company both appeal the trial court’s orders denying Ellis’ motion for partial summary judgment and granting in part American States’ cross-motion for partial summary judgment. This is an action to determine whether an insurance company owes policy proceeds to a bankruptcy estate when the insured company’s loss occurred because of arson, possibly caused by the company’s officer.
We hold that bankruptcy law places the trustee (or debtor-in-possession) in the same shoes as the debtor; state…
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