WWM attorneys Robert Conlon and Christopher Wadley won an appeal on behalf of WWM’s client, a professional liability insurance carrier, in the Washington State Court of Appeals. WWM’s client appealed from a trial court ruling that a $1 million settlement entered into between the insured and a third-party claimant, without the carrier’s authorization, was reasonable. As a consequence of the trial court’s ruling, WWM’s client would have been bound by the settlement amount in any subsequent coverage litigation with the insured and the claimant. In a published opinion, however, the appellate court reversed the trial court’s ruling, finding that the trial court had abused its discretion by failing to consider, among other things, the actual merits of the claimant’s case against the insured when it ruled that the settlement was reasonable. WWM attorneys Mark Schmidt and Bill Zeller assisted in this matter.  Green v. City of Wenatchee, 148 Wash. App. 351, 199 P.3d 1029 (2009).