[WSBAPT] Multiple Account Creditor Claims - same facility

[Brent Williams-Ruth]

Thank you everyone!

I will say that when I started my practice ten years ago, I had a mentor
that guided me toward the cover letter including the account/reference
number - but no one appears to do it this way so I think I will jump in
with the mainstream.

Brent

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On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM Jayne Marsh Gilbert <jgilbertatty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> *Brent Williams-Ruth* (pronouns: he/him)
>> *Attorney-At-Law*
>>
>> *Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, **a division of BWR Consulting,
>> PLLC*
>>
>> *Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003*
>>
>> *Mailing Address: **PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063 *
>>
>> Office/Scheduling Phone: (253) 285-7751
>>
>> For All Meetings & Scheduling: info at williams-ruthlaw.com
>>
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