Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Herrera

Opinion

1 THE HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND g | CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Case No.: 2:19-cv-00250-BJR a Rhode Island corporation, 10 Plaintiff, 11 MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY vs. DISMISSAL OF HERRERAS’ 12 COUNTERCLAIMS PURSUANT TO 13 DAVID H. HERRERA and BECKY L. RULE 41 AND ORDER DISMISSING HERRERA, husband and wife, and the COUNTERCLAIMS 14 | marital community comprised thereof, 15 Defendants, 16 and 17 | BRIAN ONUTZ and AMY ONUTZ, a married couple, 18 Intervenors. 19 50 COME NOW, the Defendants David H. Herrera and Becky L. Herrera, by and

through below signed counsel, and pursuant to Rule 41 move the Court for an order

99 dismissing the Herreras’ counterclaims for bad faith, breach of the Consumer Protection

33 Act, and coverage by estoppel. The Herreras intend to pursue their claim for attorney fees

and costs pursuant to Olympic Steamship Co. v. Centennial Insurance Co., 117 Wash. 2d 37,

95 811 P.2d 673 (Wash. 1991), and other applicable law regarding attorney fees available to

MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF HERRERAS’ KROONTJE LAW OFFICE FLtc COUNTERCLAIMS PURSUANT TO RULE 41 AND ORDER 600 UNIVERSITY STREET, SUITE 1700 DISMISSING COUNTERCLAIMS- 1. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 Phone:(206) 624-6212 Fax:(206) 624-6816

1 | insureds when they prevail against their insurer in a coverage action. 5 3 DATED this 20" day of December, 2019. 4 5 ; KROONTJE LAW OFFICE, PLLC 6 s/ Maury Kroontje 7 Maury Kroontje, WSBA #2258 600 University Street, Suite 1700 8 | Seattle, WA 98101 9 (206) 624-6212 maury@kroontje.net 10 Co-Counsel for Defendants Herrera {1 12 FOSTER GARVEY PC /s Jack Zahner 13 | John P. Zahner, WSBA No. 24505 /s Devra Cohen Devra R. Cohen, WSBA No. 49952 15 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3000 Seattle, WA 98101-3292 16 Phone: (206) 447-4400 Facsimile: (206) 749-1936 17 Email: jack.zahner@foster.com Email: devra.ccohen@foster.com 18 Co-Counsel for Defendants/Counterclaimants Herrera

20 21 22 23 24 25 MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF HERRERAS’ KROONTIJE LAW OFFICE PLLC COUNTERCLAIMS PURSUANT TO RULE 41 AND ORDER 600 UNIVERSITY STREET, SUITE 1700 DISMISSING COUNTERCLAIMS- 2. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 Phone:(206) 624-6212 Fax:(206) 624-6816

1 ORDER 3 THIS MATTER having come on the before the Court on Defendant Herreras’ Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Herreras’ Counterclaims Pursuant to Rule 41, the Court 3 having reviewed the motion, there being no objections, and otherwise being fully advised, 4 now therefore, 5 6 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant Herreras’ Motion for Voluntary 7 | Dismissal of Counterclaims Pursuant to Rule 41 is hereby GRANTED. Defendant 8 Herreras’ counterclaims for bad faith, breach of the Consumer Protection Act, and coverage g | by estoppel are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. This order does not impact the 19 | Herreras’ rights and claims with respect to attorney fees and costs in relation to the Court 41 | tuling on the motion and cross motions for summary judgment. 12 | DATED: This 623“ day of | Ce be, 2019. 13 14 Lf. MAAR ie 15 THE HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN United States District Judge 16 17 18 PRESENTED BY: 19 20 | KROONTJE LAW OFFICE, PLLC 21 | s/ Maury Kroontje Maury Kroontje, WSBA #2258 22 | 600 University Street, Suite 1700 23 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 624-6212 94 | maury@kroontje.net Attorney for Defendants Herrera 25 MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF HERRERAS’ KROONTIJE LAW OFFICE PLLC COUNTERCLAIMS PURSUANT TO RULE 41 AND ORDER 600 UNIVERSITY STREET, SUITE 1700 DISMISSING COUNTERCLAIMS- 3. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 Phone:(206) 624-6212 Fax:(206) 624-6816

FOSTER GARVEY PC 1 /s Jack Zahner 9 John P. Zahner, WSBA No. 24505 /s Devra Cohen 3 | Devra R. Cohen, WSBA No. 49952 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3000 4 | Seattle, WA 98101-3292 Phone: (206) 447-4400 5 | Facsimile: (206) 749-1936 Email: jack.zahner@foster.com 6 Email: devra.cohen@foster.com 7 Co-Counsel for 8 Defendants/Counterclaimants Herrera 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF HERRERAS’ KROONTIJE LAW OFFICE PLtc COUNTERCLAIMS PURSUANT TO RULE 41 AND ORDER 600 UNIVERSITY STREET, SUITE 1700 DISMISSING COUNTERCLAIMS- 4. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 Phone:(206) 624-6212 Fax:(206) 624-6816