A federal judge in Washington found that an insurer breached its contractual obligations by not timely paying an appraisal award to the couple for property damage to their home caused by a fire, and siding with the Bennetts only about their allegation that Homesite missed a 30-day deadline to pay losses.
However, the court also found that there were far too many significant factual disputes involving the remainder of the couple’s claims, which the judge said should be decided by a jury.
This is the case of Bennett, et al. v. Homesite Insurance Company, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The Bennetts are represented by attorney, Joel B. Hanson of Joel B. Hanson Attorney at Law PLLC; and Homesite Insurance Company is represented by Eliot M. Harris and Jessica M. Cox of Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC.
Judge Marsha J. Pechman of the U.S. District Court, said in an order on Wednesday that the Bennetts’ are entitled to a quick win on their claim that Homesite breached its contractual obligations to timely pay an appraisal award.
