( September 29, 2026, 3:49 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on Sept. 28 denied cross-motions for partial summary judgment on an assignee’s breach of contract counterclaim in a senior care liability insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no further duty to defend its insured against an underlying negligence and abuse action or indemnify the insured for the $4.2 million underlying settlement agreement, holding that summary judgment for either party is precluded by a single factual issue regarding whether the insurer was prejudiced by the insured’s decision to enter the underlying settlement agreement....