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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

(18) Subsequent Events

 

On October 7, 2022, our subsidiary reached a confidential settlement with the plaintiffs to resolve any and all disputes between them. At the request of both parties in the appeals from both the First Case and the Second Case, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals has reversed the respective judgments entered by the district court. Our subsidiary is in the process of filing appropriate motions in the district court to enter take-nothing judgments and to release the supersedeas bonds filed by our subsidiary in both cases.

 

In October 2022, we had a hearing before the Washington State Board of Tax Appeals (the “Tax Board”) in relation to a dispute arising in April 2019 pertaining to a use tax assessment from 2016 as a result of the construction of a vessel by one of our subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2022, the assessment, including interest and penalties, totaled $26.8 million. While we are confident that the assessment is legally insupportable, if the Tax Board upholds the assessment we will be responsible for payment of the full assessment within thirty days of the decision. Although we are unable to estimate the probability of the outcome of this matter or the range of reasonably possible loss, if any, we have reserved an amount we believe to be adequate to cover any final assessment levied by the state.