This property has a documented history as a farm and agricultural operation going back to 1920. Historical insurance policies issued during operations at this property and through 1986 could recover the cleanup costs already paid.
Carpinito Farms has operated as an agricultural and dairy farm on this Kent property since the 1920s, storing diesel, gasoline, and heating oil in above-ground and underground tanks to fuel dairy equipment and milk delivery vehicles. A 10,000-gallon leaded-gasoline UST removed in 2011 anchors the contamination timeline squarely in the pre-1986 era, with employee records placing above-ground tanks on site as early as 1967. Remediation under the Voluntary Cleanup Program ran from 2011 through at least 2022, encompassing excavation of 245 tons and 2,253 cubic yards of petroleum-impacted soil, on-site bioremediation in treatment cells using manure and straw, and an in-situ passive air sparge system with nitrogen injection for groundwater. The property has achieved No Further Action status and Carpinito Farms LLC continues to operate it as an active farm. That history could support an insurance cost recovery claim against carriers who issued insurance policies 40+ years ago.
Why Historical Insurance Policies May Be Accessible
Pre-1986 Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies were occurrence-based and did not contain an effective pollution exclusion in Washington. If contamination occurred while those policies were active, those historical insurance carriers may still have a legal obligation to fund the cleanup costs, even if the business closed or the property changed hands.
The petroleum releases at this property trace directly to fuel storage infrastructure in place decades before 1986, when occurrence-based Commercial General Liability policies were standard and carried no effective pollution exclusion. The presence of leaded gasoline — withdrawn from retail sale in the mid-1980s — confirms that the contaminating releases occurred during that pre-1986 operational window. The documented remediation costs here — excavation of hundreds of tons of impacted soil, engineered bioremediation, and multi-year groundwater treatment — represent expenditures that historical carriers who insured these farm and dairy operations during that era may be obligated to recover.
Restorical's role is to locate viable historical policies, determine whether a successful cost recovery claim is possible, and assist our clients and their legal counsel to obtain insurance coverage for costs already incurred. Restorical's forensic accounting team works to re-establish and document past cleanup expenditures, ensuring the strongest possible basis for recovery.
Recovering Costs from an Older Cleanup
If this site reached No Further Action years ago, the original cleanup expenditures may be difficult to reconstruct. Restorical's forensic accounting team specializes in re-establishing and documenting past cleanup costs — even decades later — to build the strongest possible basis for an insurance recovery claim.
What We Look For
- Historical insurance policies (pre-1986)
- Policy numbers, carrier names, and coverage periods
- Connection between contamination timing and policy period
- Evidence linking cleanup obligation to insured activity
What We Deliver
- Historical Coverage Chart
- Trigger Analysis & Property/Policy Nexus
- Coverage strategy with recommendations
- Insurance funding for your remediation
- Claims Management & Forensic Accounting
The Restorical Proven Process
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