Legal Opinion
Frias v. Asset Foreclosure Services, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 2014No. 89343-8PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 We have been asked by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to determine whether state law recognizes a cause of *417action for monetary damages where a plaintiff alleges violations of the deeds of trust act (DTA), chapter 61.24 RCW, but no foreclosure sale has been completed. We are also asked to articulate the principles that would apply to such a claim under the DTA and the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW.
Fairhurst, J.
*417¶2 We hold that the DTA does not create an independent cause of action for monetary damages based on alleged violations of…
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