Kyle J. Silk-Eglit

Kyle Silk-Eglit is Senior Counsel in the Seattle office of GRSM and is a member of the Insurance practice group. Kyle represents insurance companies at all stages of litigation in relation to many different lines of insurance, including general liability policies, excess liability policies, environmental pollution policies, professional liability policies, and auto liability policies, among others. His experience includes litigating coverage issues, as well as extra-contractual claims, such as bad faith claims, Consumer Protection Act claims, and alleged violations of Washington's Insurance Fair Conduct Act. Kyle also counsels insurance clients with regard to claims handling matters and complex coverage issues.

Kyle also represents companies and individuals in a wide array of different commercial and contractual disputes, employment lawsuits, and in construction defect litigation, and among other matters.

Kyle is admitted to practice in the State of Washington. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, and a 2004 graduate of Cornell University.

Admissions

• Washington
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Trial Court Litigation

• Summary judgment dismissal of claims for coverage under a commercial general liability policy arising out of a construction defect matter based on the (j)(6) “your work” exclusion.
• Summary judgment dismissal of extra-contractual claims, including bad faith and a claim under Washington Insurance Fair Conduct Act, in a third-party liability matter.
• Obtained ruling on summary judgment that broker-client was the procuring cause of the sale and was entitled to commission on the sale of products to businesses in the Philippines. Mastaba, Inc. v. Lamb Weston Sales, Inc., 23 F.Supp.3d 1283 (E.D. Wash.2014)

Appellate Litigation

• Obtained affirmance in a consolidated appeal of two District Court summary judgment rulings which had dismissed all coverage and extra-contractual claims against insurer, and which had found that a non-diverse defendant had been fraudulently joined. Jones v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 717 Fed.Appx. 697 (9th Cir. 2017)
• Obtained affirmance of summary judgment dismissal of a policyholder’s breach of contract claim. Live Grp. of USA, LLC v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., 726 Fed.Appx. 613 (9th Cir. 2018)
• Obtained reversal of District Court ruling on the basis that the District Court had abused its discretion in dismissing client’s right to appeal a bankruptcy judgment pursuant to the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, in a case involving the largest personal bankruptcy filing in Washington history. Mastro v. Rigby, 764 F.3d 1090 (9th Cir. 2014)

Education

J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2010

B.S., Cornell University, 2004