( March 23, 2026, 1:48 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington granted an employment practices liability insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice a breach of contract lawsuit brought by the owner and operator of several Potbelly Sandwich Shops in Washington state seeking a declaratory judgment that the insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify it against an underlying putative class alleging that it violated the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act by not providing wage and salary information to job applicants in Washington, concluding that the underlying action does not assert that Potbelly engaged in discrimination to trigger coverage under the policy....