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Division 2 Court of Appeals

603829 Cristina P. Anderson v. Farmers Insurance Company of Washington et al.

  1. Do CR 56 summary judgment standards or CR 12(b)(6) dismissal standards apply in this appeal?
  2. Were Anderson’s claims all legal malpractice claims subject to the limitations in Kommavongsa?
  3. Are Anderson’s claims based on vicarious liability for Gibson’s counsel’s alleged legal malpractice subject to the limitation on assignment of legal malpractice claims?
  4. Does the prohibition on the assignment of legal malpractice claims apply to Anderson’s claims even though they were obtained in an involuntary bankruptcy?
  5. Do the public policy justifications for the limitation on assignments of legal malpractice claims apply when the assignments are involuntary, post-verdict assignments?