CHAN HEALTHCARE GROUP v. LIBERTY MUT. FIRE

No. 95416-0.

431 P.3d 484 (2018)

CHAN HEALTHCARE GROUP PS, a Washington Professional Services Corporation, Petitioner, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Foreign Insurance Companies, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Argued November 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Elliot Breskin , Cynthia J. Heidelberg , Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC, 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3670, Seattle, WA 98104, for Petitioner.

Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, 2775 Harbor Avenue SW, Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA 98126-2138, Manuel Berrelez , Vinson & Elkins, LLP, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700, Dallas, TX 75201-2975, John Michael Silk , Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 1700, Seattle, WA 98164-2050, for Respondents.

Alan D. Copsey , Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 40100, 1125 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae (Attorney General of the State of Washington).

Hyland Hunt , Attorney at Law, 300 New Jersey Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20001-2271, for Amicus Curiae (Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America).


¶ 1 We are asked to determine if the full faith and credit clause requires Washington courts to enforce an Illinois class action judgment by dismissing a subsequent local action based on the same facts. Lebanon Chiropractic Clinic, an Illinois medical provider, brought a nationwide...

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