Deere Credit, Inc. v. Cervantes Nurseries, LLC

¶1 — A creditor proceeded with collection

efforts on some promissory notes in superior court against the defendants; one of the defendants was in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The defendants objected to the state court proceedings and argued that they violated Washington’s single-action rule (RCW 61.12.120). We conclude that the state court proceedings did not duplicate the bankruptcy proceedings and do not therefore violate the single-action rule, and we affirm the court’s summary judgment in favor of the creditor.

FACTS

¶2 Deere Credit Inc. loaned approximately $3,800,000 to Cervantes…