( October 27, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT) -- XE "Groundwater
Contamination" XE "Environmental Contamination" SEATTLE — An insured’s motion for partial summary judgment in an environmental contamination coverage dispute should be denied because the insured is attempting to avoid the preclusive effect of a 2016 order issued by a state court in a similar suit involving many of the same parties and finding that the excess insurer does not have a duty to defend, the excess insurer tells a Washington federal court in its response to the insured’s motion....