Legal Opinion
Klem v. Washington Mutual Bank
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 2013No. 87105-1PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chambers, J.*
¶1 Dorothy Halstien, an aging woman suffering from dementia, owned a home worth somewhere between $235,000 and $320,000. At about the time she developed dementia, she owed approximately $75,000 to Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu), secured by a deed of trust on her home. Because of the cost of her care, her guardian did not have the funds to pay her mortgage and Quality Loan Service Corporation, acting as the trustee of the deed of trust, foreclosed on her home. On the first day it could, Quality sold her home for $83,087.67, one dollar more than she owed, including fees and costs. A…
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