NORTHERN SEC. INS. CO., INC. v. Doherty

¶ 1. The Prohaskas appeal from the Washington Superior Court’s order granting summary judgment to Northern Security Insurance Company (NSIC) on the issue of whether a homeowner’s policy that NSIC issued provides personal liability coverage for David Doherty. David Doherty is the defendant in an underlying tort action brought by the Prohaskas pending in federal district court. We reverse.

¶ 2. The uncontested facts of this case are as follows. The underlying tort suit arose out of an incident involving Ms. Prohaska and David Doherty’s dog that occurred when David Doherty, a Connecticut…