PUGET SOUND FINANCIAL v. UNISEARCH, INC.

No. 71222-1.

47 P.3d 940 (2002)

146 Wash.2d 428

PUGET SOUND FINANCIAL, L.L.C., a Washington limited liability company, f/k/a Factors of Puget Sound, L.L.C., Respondent, v. UNISEARCH, INC., a Washington corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Camden Hall, Roger Mellem, Sharon Cates, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Young, DeNormandie & Oscarsson, P.C., Karien Balluff, Shannon Braden, Seattle, for Respondent.

Delbert D. Miller on behalf of National Public Records Research Association, amicus curiae.


BRIDGE, J.

Between 1993 and 1996, Puget Sound Financial L.L.C., f/k/a Factors of Puget Sound (Factors), routinely contacted Unisearch, Inc. (Unisearch) by telephone to request that Unisearch search for specified Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.), Title 62A RCW, filings in Washington. Unisearch would conduct the requested searches and then send the search results in a report to Factors. All of the search reports included the statement, "The responsibility for maintaining...

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