Griffin v. Allstate Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Allstate must pay “reasonable pre-tender 15 defense expenses” because they did not show prejudice from late tender
• noting that in Washington the duty to defend arises upon the filing of a complaint
• noting that in Washington the duty to defend arises upon the filing of a complaint
• noting that loss of use of money is a cognizable harm under the CPA
• questions of fact existed on bad faith and CPA claims; court noted that the CPA claims were \derivative of the bad faith claims\
• “Prejudice 14 to the insurer may follow from an insured’s retention of counsel who may charge higher rates or 15 fail to pursue appropriate strategies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).