Blog & Updates
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Lether and Associates 2019 Christmas Party and Curling Event
The holidays are a special time for Lether and Associates. In addition to our annual firm meeting, the firm enjoys our holiday Christmas decorating party and our annual out-of-the-office group activity. These activities in the past included a scavenger hunt at the...
Join Tom Lether and Eric Neal at The National Business Institute’s Seminar on Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Washington
Tom Lether and Eric Neal will be presenting at NBI’s Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Washington seminar on Friday, December 6, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. This local live seminar will feature a discussion on current issues involving bad faith in the Northwest. Tom and...
Expanding Back Home
As some of you may know, Tom Lether was raised in Hawaiʻi and maintains strong connections with his island home. For this reason, Lether & Associates is extremely excited and proud to congratulate Kasie Kashimoto for passing the Hawaiʻi State Bar and becoming...
A Claim Too Far: The Dangers of Overreaching and Why Sometimes You Need to Go to Trial
Many insurers are extremely hesitant to allow a jury to consider insurance coverage or extra-contractual claims in Washington. The pro-insured temperament of Washington law and the reactions of juries to these types of claims give insurers every reason to avoid trial....
New Growth at Lether & Associates
Lether & Associates is proud to announce that Kevin Kay has joined Lether & Associates as a partner. Kevin started his civil practice with Tom Lether and Eric Neal over 15 years ago and has since worked in the Northwest and around the country as coverage and...
The Washington Supreme Court Rules on the Impact of Agent’s Representations in Regard to a Certificate of Insurance
The Washington Supreme Court issued its decision in T-Mobile USA INC. v. Selective Insurance Company of America on October 10, 2019. The majority opinion, joined by seven of the nine justices, held that an agent with apparent authority can bind an insurance company...
Join Eric Neal at NBI’s Civil Trial Seminar
Eric Neal will be presenting at the National Business Institute Seminar on November 6th at 2:45pm. "Civil Trial: Everything You Need to Know," is a two-day event on November 6th and 7th in Bellevue, Washington. The subject of this presentation will be Creatively...
Supreme Court Holds there is no Cause of Action against Insurance Adjusters for Bad Faith or under the CPA based on Violation of the Statutory Duty of Good Faith (RCW 48.01.030)
A split Washington Supreme Court issued its decision in Keodalah v. Allstate on October 3, 2019. The majority opinion, joined by five of the nine justices, held that there is no cause of action against an employee insurance adjuster for three types of claims:...