Legal Opinion
Demopolis v. Peoples National Bank
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 4, 1990No. 25739-1-IPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWinsor, J.
Christopher Demopolis appeals dismissal of his defamation and Consumer Protection Act (CPA) actions against Peoples National Bank of Washington (Peoples), Peoples' attorney, James Hermsen, and Hermsen's law firm, Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, P.S. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
In 1983, Demopolis was involved in three Snohomish County actions involving different aspects of his late father's estate. Hermsen represented Peoples, who was an opposing party in all of the actions. One of Hermsen's trial strategies was to attack Demopolis' credibility.
After Hermsen conducted…
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