This property has a documented history as a industrial and manufacturing facility going back to 1983. Historical insurance policies issued during those prior operations and through 1986 could recover the cleanup costs already paid.
This property served as the Tally Corporation printer manufacturing facility in Kent, operating at least as early as 1983 when Mannesmann AG acquired the company and the site became known as Mannesmann-Tally. Chlorinated solvents used in industrial degreasing operations contaminated groundwater beneath the property, with tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and 1,1-dichloroethane all detected at concentrations exceeding MTCA Method A cleanup standards across multiple monitoring wells. Vapor intrusion into indoor air was investigated and confirmed. The site completed cleanup under the Voluntary Cleanup Program and received a No Further Action determination in April 2014. 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 chlorinated solvent contamination at this facility traces to manufacturing and degreasing operations that were underway by at least 1983, before occurrence-based Commercial General Liability policies gave way to claims-made forms with absolute pollution exclusions. The extensive groundwater plume, confirmed vapor intrusion pathway, and multi-contaminant remediation required to reach No Further Action status represent substantial cleanup expenditures tied directly to those pre-1986 industrial operations. Historical CGL carriers who covered Tally Corporation or Mannesmann-Tally during that operational window may still bear obligation for the remediation costs incurred.
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
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