KOMMAVONGSA v. HASKELL

No. 71713-3.

67 P.3d 1068 (2003)

149 Wash.2d 288

Khene KOMMAVONGSA, individually and as guardian ad litem of Sivilay T. Nammathao, an incompetent, Appellant, v. Stephen HASKELL and Jane Doe Haskell, his wife, Stephen K. Eugster and Jane Doe Eugster, his wife, Christopher M. Grimes and Jane Doe Grimes, his wife, and the law firm of Eugster Haskell, Respondents. and Allstate Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, and Marybeth and John Doe Conger, a marital community, Brian Sheldon and Jane Doe Sheldon, a marital community, Defendants. Phoukeo Nammathao, individually and as guardian ad litem of Napha T. Nammathao, an incompetent, Appellant, v. Stephen Haskell and Jane Doe Haskell, his wife, Stephen K. Eugster and Jane Doe Eugster, his wife, Christopher M. Grimes and Jane Doe Grimes, his wife and the law firm of Eugster Haskell, Respondents. Allstate Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, and Marybeth and John Doe Conger, a marital community, Brian Sheldon and Jane Doe Sheldon, a marital community, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Graham Greenlee, Lenell Nussbaum, Seattle, for Appellant.

Peter Johnson, Hugh Lackie, Amy Clemmons, Spokane, for Respondent.


KENNEDY, J.*

This case, which was certified for direct review by Division Three of the Court of Appeals, raises a narrow question of first impression in Washington: Whether a legal malpractice claim is assignable to an adversary in the same litigation that gave rise to the alleged legal malpractice. We answer that narrow question in the negative on grounds of public policy, leaving for another...

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