Wash. Federal Judge Amends Trial Schedule in $8.9 Million Reinsurance Dispute

SEATTLE — A dispute in which a Washington self-insurance association is demanding $8.9 million in reinsurance for its settlement of police misconduct and excessive force claims brought against two cities has been scheduled for trial in January 2022.

In an Oct. 1 order, Judge Richard A. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted the parties’ joint motion for amendment of the case schedule. The judge set Feb. 23, 2021, as the deadline for motions for leave to disclose additional expert witnesses.

Additionally, Judge Jones set Sept. 20, 2021 as the discovery deadline, and Oct. …