Judgment Granted For Insurer In Dispute Over Whether Car Was Stolen Or Abandoned

( November 6, 2026, 10:43 AM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge granted summary judgment to an auto insurer in an insured’s breach of contract, bad faith and statutory law violations suit accusing the insurer of failure to cover a claim for a vehicle the insured said was stolen but the insurer said was abandoned, finding that the evidence establishes that the insured misrepresented where he left his car and where the alleged theft occurred....