KALK v. SECURITY PACIFIC BANK WASH. N.A.

No. 61630-2.

126 Wn.2d 346 (1995)

894 P.2d 559

MARJORIE I. KALK, Petitioner, v. SECURITY PACIFIC BANK WASHINGTON N.A., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Shea, Barnard, Martin & Hendrickson, by John W. Martin, for petitioner.

Adolph & Smyth, P.S., by Robert J. Adolph and Paul M. Bintinger, for respondent.


DURHAM, C.J.

Petitioner Marjorie Kalk and her mother, Marjorie Worsham, owned three certificates of deposit (CD's) as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Without her daughter's knowledge, Worsham pledged the CD's as collateral for bank loans. Following Worsham's death, the loans went into default and Security Pacific Bank claimed ownership of the CD's. Kalk sued to recover her survivorship interest in the CD's, and for damages and attorney fees under the Consumer...

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