STRATFORD v. UMPQUA BANK

No. 100717-5.

534 P.3d 1195 (2023)

Heather STRATFORD and William B. Geibel, Jr., individually and their marital community, Respondents, v. UMPQUA BANK, an Oregon corporation; and Bryan Jarrett, an individual, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed September 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Andrew Brown , Williams Kastner, 601 Union St. Ste. 4100, Seattle, WA, 98101-1368, Jessica Marie Cox , Sebris Busto James, 15375 Se 30th Pl. Ste. 310, Bellevue, WA, 98007-6500, Adam Rosenberg , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3200, Seattle, WA, 98101-3052, for Petitioners.

Kevin W. Roberts , Chad Harrison Freebourn , Roberts | Freebourn, PLLC, 1325 W. 1st Ave. Ste. 303, Spokane, WA, 99201-4600, for Respondents.

Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of WA State Association for Justice Foundation.


¶1 The parties to a lawsuit have a broad right to discovery, subject to narrow limitations in the Civil Rules. A party may seek a protective order to limit discovery under CR 26(c), which requires the party to show that good cause for the protective order exists. This case requires us to decide whether Washington recognizes the ...

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