A proposed class action filed in Washington last month is the latest effort to expand climate liability beyond its already contested limits – an undertaking now complicated by heightened scrutiny of the law firm bringing the case. 

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the proposed class action asks the judiciary to assign responsibility for rising homeowners insurance premiums to major energy companies, despite the layered processes that govern insurance pricing. 

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