RAAB v. NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 38842-5-III.

536 P.3d 695 (2023)

Earnest L. RAAB, D.C., d/b/a Success To Significance LLC, a Washington LLC; Michael Ulrick; Larry C. Wieber and Rose Wieber, d/b/a Test for Nutrition of Washington, LLC, a Washington LLC; Max and Debra Robbins; Toni Ragsdale, d/b/a Ragsdale & Company LLC, an Oklahoma LLC; Wayne Matecki, Lac and Amy L. Matecki, M.D., d/b/a Dr. Amy's Integrative Medicine, Inc., a California corporation, Respondents, v. NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Pharmanex, LLC, a Delaware LLC; Weston Blatter, individually and for the marital community; Scott Bennett, individually and for the marital community; Tyler Bennett, individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Leadership Inc., a Utah Corporation, and d/b/a For Our Future, Inc., a Utah Corporation; Build Belief, LLC, a Nebraska LLC; Vladimir Kolbas, individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Build Belief, LLC; Estee and Blake Carter, wife and husband, individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Orange Goose LLC, a Utah LLC, and d/b/a Orange Goose Central, LLC, a Utah LLC, and d/b/a Orange Goose Partners, LLC, a Utah LLC; William Jonathan Whittaker and Kathie Anne Whittaker, individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Pharmanexmd, LLC, a Florida LLC; Latisha Danielle Taylor, individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Health Measured Ventures, LLC, a California LLC; and Stephen Moore, D.C., individually and for the marital community, d/b/a Live Better Longer MD, LLC, a Florida LLC, and d/b/a MD Solution, and d/b/a Get Healthy USA, and Jane and John Does, 1-10, Petitioners.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Filed October 5, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Charles Eymann , Eymann Allison et al, 2208 W 2nd Ave., Spokane, WA, 99201-5417, George M. Ahrend , Luvera Law Firm, 421 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 1060, Spokane, WA, 99201-0406, William Anthony Gieri , Michael S. Bissell , Campbell & Bissell, PLLC, 820 W 7th Ave., Spokane, WA, 99204-2809, for Respondents.

Matthew A. Mensik , Matthew Zachary Crotty , Michael Bradley Love , Riverside Law Group, PLLC, 905 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 404, Spokane, WA, 99201-1099, Sawyer Robert Margett , Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, 422 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 1100, Spokane, WA, 99201-0300, Lauri A. Mazzuchetti , Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, One Jefferson Road, 2nd Floor, Parsippany, NJ, 07054, for Petitioners.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 Modern cases favor enforcing party agreements to the jurisdiction in which any future dispute will be resolved, and to a chosen state's law that will apply. Nevertheless, common law conflict of law principles will sometimes support a Washington court's refusal to...

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