( April 24, 2026, 11:42 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A subcontractor seeks partial summary judgment in its insurer’s action in federal court in Washington for declaratory relief regarding the insurer’s duty to defend it in an underlying state court lawsuit against the contractor that hired the subcontractor, arguing that because the claims in the underlying suit were conceivably covered by the insurance policy, the insurer owed it a duty to defend and therefore cannot recoup the funds it spent defending it in the underlying suit....