Homeowners Insurer Not Equitably Estopped From Asserting Limitations Provision

Mealey's (September 15, 2022, 4:16 PM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge on Sept. 14 determined that an insured seeking coverage for a water damage claim failed to file her breach of contract and bad faith suit within the homeowners insurance policy’s one-year suit limitation and further failed to show that the insurer was equitably estopped from asserting the policy’s limitation provision....