RAPID SETTLEMENTS LTD'S v. SYMETRA ASSIGNED BENEFITS SERVICE CO.

Nos. 55559-6-I, 55619-3-I.

136 P.3d 765 (2006)

133 Wash.App. 350

In re RAPID SETTLEMENTS LTD'S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PAYMENT RIGHTS, and Leslie Hemenway Dean, Annuitant, Respondents, v. SYMETRA ASSIGNED BENEFITS SERVICE COMPANY and Symetra Life Insurance Company, Appellants. In re Rapid Settlements Ltd's Application for Approval of Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights, and Robert W. Hargette, Annuitant, Respondents, v. Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company and Symetra Life Insurance Company, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Dearie, Jr., Odgen Murphy Wallace, PLLC, Seattle, for Respondent.

Jeret E. Sale, Deborah Lynn Carstens, Medora Marisseau, Seattle, for Appellant.

Leslie Hemenway Dean, Appearing pro se.

William Carter Dean, Appearing Pro se.

Benjamin Hargette, Appearing Pro Se.

Robert C. Hargette, Appearing Pro Se.


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 In these consolidated cases, North Carolinians Leslie Dean and Robert Hargette were beneficiaries of structured settlements, each separately approved by North Carolina courts. To fund the settlement payments, the liable parties bought annuities from Symetra Life Insurance Company. The settlement agreements and annuity contracts prohibited Dean and Hargette from assigning their rights to payment. Later, Dean and Hargette arranged to give the right...

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