INT'L COMMERCIAL COLLECTORS v. CARVER

Nos. 48675-1, 48686-7.

99 Wn.2d 302 (1983)

661 P.2d 976

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COLLECTORS, INC., Appellant, v. GEORGE B. CARVER, ET AL, Defendants, CONTRACTORS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. VAN DAAL, INC., Appellant, v. R.W. ALLEN, Defendant, CONTRACTORS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick S. Simmons, for appellant International Commercial Collectors.

Susan T. Egnor and Stafford, Frey & Mertel, by A. Richard Dykstra, for appellant Van Daal, Inc.

Bobette S. Jones and Richard S. Kane, for respondent.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Thornton Wilson, Assistant, amici curiae for appellants.


DIMMICK, J.

We here interpret sections of the Registration of Contractors Act, RCW 18.27, to determine who are the beneficiaries of a contractor's surety bond. The trial court held that consumers alone were protected by a surety bond. We reverse and hold that the legislative statement that the act protects "the public" does not change the beneficiaries specified in the act.

Appellant, Van Daal, Inc., a construction materials supplier, sold materials to R.W...

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