BEARDEN v. McGILL

No. 72926-8-I.

391 P.3d 577 (2017)

James BEARDEN, Respondent, v. Dolphus McGILL, Appellant, Nellie Knox McGill, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: February 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilee C. Erickson , Jason E Vacha , Reed McClure, 1215 4th Ave., Ste. 1700, Seattle, WA, 98161-1087, Alice Brown , State Farm Claims Litigation Counsel, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 830, Seattle, WA, 98164-2048, for Appellant.

Corrie Johnson Yackulic , Corrie Yackulic Law Firm PLLC, 315 5th Ave. S., Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, Kathleen Garvin , Law Offices of Kathleen Garvin, 315 5th Ave. S., Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, for Respondent.


¶ 1 MAR 7.3 and RCW 7.06.060(1) require that a party who appeals an arbitration award and fails to improve its position at a trial de novo pay the costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the opposing party after the request for the trial.1 The purpose of these provisions is to "encourage settlement...

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