CASCADE BRIGADE v. ECONOMIC DEV. BD.

Nos. 13238-9-II; 13422-5-II.

61 Wn. App. 615 (1991)

811 P.2d 697

CASCADE BRIGADE, ET AL, Appellants, v. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

June 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Demarest and Demarest & Associates, for appellants.

Ronald E. Thompson, Stephen D. Thompson, and Thompson, Krilich, LaPorte & Tucci, P.S., for respondent Economic Development Board.

John W. Ladenburg, Prosecuting Attorney, and Douglas W. Vanscoy, Deputy, for respondent Pierce County.


WORSWICK, C.J.

Starting a lawsuit is no trifling thing. By the simple act of signing a pleading, an attorney sets in motion a chain of events that surely will hurt someone. Because of CR 11, that someone may be the attorney. We affirm a judgment for $10,966.70 in CR 11 sanctions against attorney Stephen H. Demarest.

Demarest, a Tacoma lawyer, signed a complaint on behalf of Cascade Brigade for declaratory and injunctive relief against Pierce County and the...

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