Legal Opinion
Nautilus, Inc. v. Transamerica Title Insurance
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 5, 1975No. 2308-1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFarris, J.
Nautilus, Inc., the insured under a purchaser’s standard coverage policy of title insurance, brought action against Transamerica Title Insurance Company, the insurer, for failure to defend a lawsuit brought in Jefferson County Superior Court in December 1969, against Nautilus and others. The trial court held that Transamerica should have defended the action and granted judgment to Nautilus for the reasonable value of 350 feet of second class tide lands which Nautilus gave up in a pretrial settlement, plus costs and attorney fees in the total sum of $23,071.35. Trans-america appeals.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Ames v. BakerWashington Supreme Court · 1966
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