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DBM CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUAR. CO.

No. 58767-6-I.

170 P.3d 592 (2007)

DBM CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, a foreign corporation doing business as St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, now doing business as St. Paul/Travelers Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

October 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Hutchings McKean, Attorney at Law, Bellevue, WA, for Respondent.

William Allen Linton, Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder PS, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant.

COLEMAN, J.

¶ 1 When an owner of property subject to a lien records a lien bond, the bond becomes security for the lien and guarantees payment of a judgment upon the lien. In this case, DBM Consulting Engineers recorded a lien against a client to secure a debt DBM asserted it was owed under a contract. The client obtained a lien bond to allow it to sell the property. DBM sued the client for breach of contract and prevailed at trial. DBM then sued the bond surety...

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