Robert A. Meyers

Robert “Bob” Meyers has extensive experience representing US and international insurers in complex, high-value insurance matters in Washington, including advising clients about their rights and obligations under insurance policies, bad faith law, and insurance statutes and regulations and representing insurers in disputes and lawsuits. He has also represented non-insurance clients in civil lawsuits and commercial disputes.

Bob has experience with a wide variety of insurance coverages and insurance claims, including general liability, intellectual property, advertising injury, bodily injury liability, property damage liability, professional liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions liability, media liability, employment practices liability, environmental liability, sexual misconduct liability, homeowners liability, auto liability, fidelity bonds, reinsurance, first-party property, health, excess and umbrella.

Additionally, Bob has considerable experience handling and managing complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and lawsuits, including disputes relating to long-tail insurance claims and disputes involving “lost” policies. He has also assisted clients with claims and disputes that have a nexus to several jurisdictions other than Washington, including claims and disputes that have a nexus to Oregon, California, Hawaii, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire and Tennessee.

Some of Bob’s representative matters include the following.

• Obtained a judgment dismissing under the doctrine of forum non conveniens a lawsuit against a property insurer seeking $62.5 million in insurance coverage for alleged business interruption losses arising from COVID-19.
• Obtained an order transferring to a California federal court a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage, asserting extra-contractual claims, and alleging damages totaling more than $ 9 million.  
• Obtained a judgment dismissing an auto insurer from an insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuit alleging damages totaling more than $1.5 million. Prevailed on appeal.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing a property insurer from a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage, asserting more than 30 extra-contractual claims, and alleging damages totaling more than $2.1 million.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing breach of contract claims for which the plaintiff was seeking damages allegedly totaling $2.9 million plus 12 percent prejudgment interest.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing an excess liability insurer from a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for four multi-plaintiff underlying lawsuits seeking damages for bodily injury and property damage resulting from a major landslide.
• Obtained a judgment declaring that an excess liability insurer owed no duty to indemnify a policyholder and had not committed bad faith in an insurance claim in which there had been a demand for the policy’s $5 million limit.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing a property insurer from an insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuit seeking extra-contractual damages and insurance coverage for property damage allegedly totaling nearly $4 million.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing an excess liability insurer from a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for 14 underlying lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct in the back of an ambulance.
• Obtained a judgment dismissing a general liability insurer in a multi-million-dollar construction defect coverage and bad faith lawsuit against a Fortune 500 housing developer. Prevailed on appeal.
• Counsel for insurers and alleged insurers of Catholic archdioceses and dioceses, Protestant churches, businesses and youth organizations in insurance claims and lawsuits relating to underlying claims involving allegations of sexual misconduct. Extensive experience with “lost” policy issues in such cases.
• Counsel for insurers and alleged insurers in environmental insurance claims and lawsuits. Extensive experience with “lost”-policy issues in such cases.
• Counsel for insurers in insurance claims and lawsuits relating to underlying claims involving or allegedly involving allegations of intellectual property infringement.
• Counsel for an NFL player and his charitable foundation in a lawsuit relating to a series of charity basketball games.

Bob stands out among his peers. He is the recipient of numerous peer reviewed awards and accolades. He is also seen as a thought leader having been published in numerous publications including Washington Bad Faith Law.

In his free time, Bob spends time on Camano Island with his wife, two young daughters, and two golden retrievers.  Bob has a keen interest in the University of Washington athletics and is an enthusiastic college basketball fan, especially during March Madness.

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