Prevailed in arguing that a motor vehicle exclusion in homeowner's liability policy bars coverage for severe injuries that resulted when the insured attempted to remove a loaded shotgun from his "all terrain vehicle" and shot his hunting partner. Country Mutual Ins. Co. v. McCauley, 95 Wn. App. 306, 974 P.2d 1288 (1999).

Defense verdict in appellate court that the motor vehicle exclusion in CGL policy barred coverage for injuries that resulted when insured lit a cigarette in a moving vehicle, which ignited gasoline fumes and caused severe injuries to passenger. Beckman v. Connolly, 79 Wn. App. 265, 898 P.2d 357 (1995).

Insured operated wood preservative treatment plants in Portland, Oregon and Stockton, California, both the subjects of major environmental remediation efforts. Trial court dismissed the insured's claims for CGL coverage on motions for summary judgment. Our client's policies included an exclusion barring claims for pollution and contamination "caused by an occurrence." Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed trial court's summary judgment in favor of our client. Supreme Court reversed under the other insurers' "sudden and accidental" pollution exclusions. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Company, 324 Or. 184, 923 P.2d 1200 (1996).