[WSBAPT] Multiple Account Creditor Claims - same facility

[Jayne Marsh Gilbert]

I agree with Nick

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM Nick Pleasants <npleasants at ohswlaw.com>
wrote:

> Brent,
> Regardless of what the cover letter says, if the Notice to Creditors was
> enclosed, then I would argue that creditor is on notice for all debts
> alleged to be owed by the decedent. I'm not aware of anything in the
> statute (Ch. 11.40 RCW) requiring you to reference an account number. The
> debts were clearly incurred while the decedent was alive, so I don't see
> how their delay in invoicing requires you to reissue them a Notice to
> Creditors.
> Best,
> Nick
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> *Subject:* [WSBAPT] Multiple Account Creditor Claims - same facility
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> Greetings Wise Ones -
>
> I am seeing an uptick in multiple claims coming from creditors. Today the
> burr in my saddle is Virginia Mason. Decedent had been ill, cancer. Long
> time treatment, eventual passing in mid-April.
>
> We did the notice to creditors but Virinia Mason has at least FIVE
> different account numbers for this same decedent, including one that just
> came in via USPS to the Executor.
>
> First question - if known creditor letters were sent to Virginia Mason for
> Accounts A, B, C, X, and Y......are they still entitled for actual notice
> for Account Z when they haven't bothered to send a single invoice until now?
>
> I have always been extremely conservative advising my clients that it is
> better to send a known creditor letter referencing all known accounts.
>
> I was looking for authority that was specifically on point and came up
> short.
>
> Curious to know what you do when it comes to Known Creditor notices.
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