"Person" means any individual, company, insurer, association, organization, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, partnership, business trust, or corporation.
RCW 48.01.070
"Person" defined.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case William Merriman, et ux v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. (2017)
Most recently applied in 194 Wash. 2d 339 - Keodalah v. Allstate Ins. Co. (October 2019)
1947 c 79 s .01.07; Rem
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