D.J. HOPKINS, INC. v. GTE NORTHWEST, INC.

No. 37826-1-I.

947 P.2d 1220 (1997)

89 Wash.App. 1

D.J. HOPKINS, INC., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. GTE NORTHWEST, INC., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered December 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve W. Berman, Sean R. Matt, Erin K. Flory, Seattle, for Appellant.

Timothy J. O'Connell, Everett, Steven D. Phillips, Jill D. Bowman, Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Gray, Seattle, for Respondent.


GROSSE, Judge.

After partial deregulation of phone companies, D.J. Hopkins Inc. (Hopkins), a customer of GTE Northwest, Inc. (GTE), chose to use its own telephone rather than one leased by GTE. However, for a period of over nine years its telephone bill continued to contain a charge for "UNREG LEASE/MAINT" for the leasing of a desk telephone. Nevertheless, because GTE's billing practices remain regulated, Hopkins' Consumer...

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