This property has a documented history as a industrial and manufacturing facility going back to 1951. Historical insurance policies issued during operations at this property and through 1986 could fund a cleanup — and recover costs already spent.

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.

Contamination at this property stems from decades of paint manufacturing operations and leaking underground storage tanks, some installed as early as the mid-1960s — more than twenty years before occurrence-based CGL policies began excluding pollution claims. The remediation expenditures already incurred here — tank removals, large-scale soil excavation, dual-phase extraction, and long-term groundwater monitoring — along with any costs still ahead represent obligations that historical carriers who wrote CGL policies during Parker Paint's pre-1986 operational window may be required both to reimburse and to fund going forward.

Restorical's role is to locate viable historical policies, determine whether a successful coverage claim is possible, and assist our clients and their legal counsel to obtain insurance coverage. Restorical then manages the claim, including accounting, to ensure the cleanup is funded in a timely manner.