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KLEM v. WASHINGTON MUT. BANK

No. 87105-1.

295 P.3d 1179 (2013)

176 Wn.2d 771

Dianne KLEM, as Administrator of the Estate of Dorothy Halstien, Petitioner, v. WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, a Washington Corporation, Defendant, Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, a Washington Corporation; and Quality Loan Service Corporation, a California Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Philip Corbit, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Edgar I. Hall, Washington Debt Law, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Kenneth Wendell Masters, Shelby R. Frost Lemmel, Masters Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, Mary Stearns, McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, Poulsbo, WA, for Respondents.

Jane T. Sugarman, Attorney at Law, Falls Church, VA, amicus counsel for Attorney General of State of Washington.

Alan Lynn McNeil, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, amicus counsel for University Legal Assistance.

Katherine George, Harrison Benis & Spence, LLP, Seattle, WA, Stephen Robert Crossland, Crossland Law Offices, Cashmere, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Bar Association.

CHAMBERS, J.*

¶ 1 Dorothy Halstien, an aging woman suffering from dementia, owned a home worth somewhere between $235,000 and $320,000. At about the time she developed dementia, she owed approximately $75,000 to Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu), secured by a deed of trust on her home. Because of the cost of her care, her guardian did not have the funds to pay her mortgage, and Quality Loan Services (Quality), acting as the trustee of...

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