CARLSEN v. GLOBAL CLIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC

No. 84855-6.

256 P.3d 321 (2011)

171 Wash.2d 486

Certification from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington in Chad M. CARLSEN and Shasta Carlsen, husband and wife, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated Washington families; and Carl Popham and Mary Popham, husband and wife, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated Washington families, Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL CLIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Global Holdings, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company; Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust, a Colorado financial institution; Robert Merrick, a resident of Oklahoma; Michael Hendrix, a resident of Oklahoma; and John and Jane Does A-F, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided May 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell W. Scott , Matthew John Zuchetto , The Scott Law Group, PS, Spokane, WA, Timothy W. Durkop , Attorney at Law, Spokane Valley, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Sally Gustafson Garratt , Gregory Eugene Jackson , Freimund Jackson Tardif & Benedict Garratt, Olympia, WA, Richard W. Epstein , Haas A. Hatic , Rebecca F. Bratter , Greenspoon Marder, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants.

Robert Alan Lipson , Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Attorney General of Washington.

Paul J. Lawrence , Jessica Anne Skelton , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Todd Lawrence Nunn , K & L Gates LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for NoteWorld, LLC.


FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 Washington residents who were consumers of allegedly illegal debt adjustment programs filed a class action against Global Client Solutions LLC (GCS) and Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust (RMBT), companies that respectively managed and held special purpose accounts, a key feature of the programs. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has certified to us four questions regarding Washington's debt adjusting statute...

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