This property has a documented history as a automobile dealership going back to 1961. Historical insurance policies issued during operations at this property and through 1986 could recover the cleanup costs already paid.
Clyde Revord Motors has operated as a new and used car and truck dealership at this Everett property since at least 1961, when the main building was constructed, with a full mechanical service department, hydraulic car lifts, a parts department, detail shop, and car wash occupying the site over the following decades. Cleanup activities under the Voluntary Cleanup Program included removal of five USTs between 1989 and 1990, removal of a 500-gallon waste-oil UST in 1996, and decommissioning and removal of multiple hydraulic car lifts in March 1999. The site has reached a No Further Action determination, though ongoing oil-water separator maintenance is required and recommendations for residual excavation and groundwater remediation associated with former hydraulic lift areas remain on record. 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 contamination at this property originated from underground storage tanks installed as far back as the mid-1960s and from hydraulic lift systems operated continuously through decades of automotive service work — releases that began well before 1986, when occurrence-based Commercial General Liability policies carried no effective pollution exclusion. The documented remediation costs here — six UST removals, hydraulic lift decommissioning, soil excavation, and groundwater work — are directly traceable to that pre-1986 operational window. Historical carriers who issued CGL coverage during those years may still be obligated to recover the costs already incurred and to fund any residual remediation the site requires.
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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