This property has a documented history as a gasoline service station predating 1986. Historical insurance policies issued during those prior operations and through 1986 could recover the cleanup costs already paid.
This property operated as the Gull Service Station at 9028 Evergreen Way in Everett, with underground storage tanks dispensing petroleum products. Petroleum hydrocarbon releases from the station contaminated soil and groundwater, placing the site in the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank database. An independent remedial action and voluntary cleanup were conducted over a two-year period to address the contamination, and Ecology issued a No Further Action determination in 2000. The property is now part of the Fluke Corporation campus. 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 former service station originated from underground storage tank operations that predate 1986, when occurrence-based Commercial General Liability policies carried no effective pollution exclusion in Washington. The remediation expenditures incurred here — investigation, cleanup of hydrocarbon-impacted soil and groundwater, and the regulatory process through to NFA closure — were driven by releases tied to those historical fueling operations. CGL carriers who covered the station's operators during the pre-1986 period may still bear obligations for the documented cleanup costs.
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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