Judge Orders Supplemental Briefing On Joinder Issue In Contamination Coverage Suit

( August 19, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Aug. 18 ordered two insurers embroiled in a dispute over a mutual insured’s environmental contamination liabilities to file supplemental briefing on the issue of whether the insured must be joined as a party to the suit before the court determines if a settlement agreement between the insured and one of the insurers is valid....