STILES v. KEARNEY

No. 41289-6-II.

277 P.3d 9 (2012)

Dee Ann STILES and Arleta E. Young, Appellants, v. Gerald KEARNEY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered May 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arleta E. Young , Arleta E. Young, PLLC, Kingston, WA, Mary Patrice Kent , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Natalie Kiddell Rasmussen , Goldberg & Jones, Seattle, WA, Gerald A. Kearney , Law Offices of Gerald A. Kearney PLLC, Kingston, WA, for Respondent.


JOHANSON, J.

¶ 1 Dee Ann Stiles filed a defamation complaint against Gerald Kearney. After granting Kearney's summary judgment motion, the trial court found Stiles's complaint was frivolous, the defamation claim was not supported by the law or facts, and that Stiles's attorney had failed to conduct a reasonable inquiry before filing the complaint. Stiles and her attorney Arleta Young, appeal raising numerous procedural and substantive challenges to the trial...

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