Washington Liens Law

James W. Cherberg and Nan Chot Cherberg v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

<h2> Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on a breach of contract theory. </h2> On June 29, 2012, the Cherbergs purchased the Policy from Fidelity covering their newly purchased property. Fidelity does not dispute that the Policy failed to expressly identify, "take exception to," or "otherwise disclose the existence of" the Exclusive Easements. <... More...

$0 (12-02-2024 - WA)

United States of America v. Daniel Nix

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> Seattle, WA - Kirkland, Washington Business Owner Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Two Decade Scheme to Avoid Paying Income Taxes Set up Fraudulent Corporations, Filed Frivolous Claims and Sent Forged Money Orders to Evade Taxes The ... More...

$0 (12-09-2018 - WA)

Debra Lea Wilson v. James Rigby; First Citizens Bank

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim 4 WILSON V. RIGBY more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting her claimed... More...

$0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

Richard Lee Rynearson, III v. Robert Ferguson

This appeal calls on us to consider the scope of federal court abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). In particular, we consider whether federal courts should abstain from exercising jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to a state criminal statute while there are ongoing state court protection order proceedings arguably related to the challenge to t... More...

$0 (09-10-2018 - WA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. <table> <td>

In 2006 the late Delbert Wheeler, Sr., a lifelong-enrolled member of the Yakama Nation in Washington State, purchased “80 acres of trust property . . . from the Yakama Nation Land Enterprise, the agency of the Yakama Nation which is charged with overseeing the maintenance of real property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Yakama Nation and its members.” Wheeler then op... More...

$0 (08-17-2018 - WA)

Michelle Merceri v. Deutsche Bank, AG, et al.

Under RCW 4.16.230, the statute of limitations is tolled when the commencement of an action is stayed by a statutory prohibition. Under the federal bankruptcy code, actions to foreclose on a debtor's property are stayed while the property at issue is part of the bankruptcy estate. We are asked to determine whether the bankruptcy stay is a statutory prohibition that tolls the st... More...

$0 (01-22-2018 - WA)

Opal Harger, et al. v. Department of Labor, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Attorney Tom H. Foulds appeals the district court's denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction and for an equitable lien for attorney's fees, which he based on the "common fund doctrine.â€1 Foulds had brought an administrative petition before the Department of Labor ("DOLâ€) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ("NIOSHâ€) on behalf of several individu... More...

$0 (03-30-2009 - WA)

<a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/9A130016EC62EA988825731400819F8E/$file/0535766.pdf?openelement" target="_new">Dunn & Black, P.S., et al. v. United States of America</a>

We must decide whether a law firm can bring an action against the United States to recover attorney's fees from monies that its client was awarded as a result of a settlement with the Federal Highway Administration, but never received because the Internal Revenue Service requested that payment be withheld to offset unpaid tax liabilities. I The United States, through the Wester... More...

$0 (07-16-2007 - WA)

<a href=" http://search.mrsc.org/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=courts.htm$vid=courts:court " target="_new">Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation v. Soon J. Baik, et al.</a>

At issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed summary dismissal of a title company's negligent misrepresentation claim against a law firm representing an estate. The Court of Appeals concluded as a matter of law that the title company could not have justifiably relied upon a letter from the law firm informing the title company that, based upon the firm's tax prep... More...

$0 (10-17-2002 - WA)

<a href="http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/opindisp.cfm?docid=702683MAJ" target="_new">Herbert Barstad et al. v. Pacific Northwest Title Insurance Co Inc et al.</a>

Presented here is a class of insured individuals who claim that title insurance companies should have made certain disclosures to them in preliminary commitments for title insurance. Specifically, these insureds claim that the companies should have disclosed that the parcels of land securing the loans had not been divided from larger tracts, that a senior lien existed on two of the lots, and... More...

$0 (02-19-2002 - WA)