Mealey's ( December 1, 2020, 1:15 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A general contractor and insulation subcontractor that purchased and were reimbursed for materials needed for construction of a facility did not “sell” those materials for the purposes of Washington state’s statute of repose, and work installing the original asbestos-containing insulation constitutes an improvement to real property, a state appeals court held Nov. 24 in affirming summary judgment for defendants (Cindy Maxwell, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 53252-2 II, Wash. App., Div. II, 2020 Wash. App. LEXIS 3083)....