The Court of Appeals of Washington affirmed a trial court decision approving an $8 million stipulated judgment over a carrier's challenges to the structure and reasonableness of the settlement. Starr Indem. & Liab. Co. v. PC Collections, LLC, 523 P.3d 805 (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 2023). The court also held that the carrier's procedural due process rights were not violated because the carrier had two weeks' notice of the reasonableness hearing, in which it participated.
The insured was a manager of an entity involved in a mixed-use real estate development project with several other entities...