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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Craig – this sounds like a tough one but here are some thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Claim v PR – might have some validity. The fraud claim is against the individual as well as the estate. Just like an employee driver is liable for collisions as well as the employer. So there should be personal liability for fraud.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure that a declaration of completion of probate insulates the PR from claims other than from beneficiaries, but I would have to research that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If an estate is still open, you may want to file a claim before it closes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also viable here is a claim for unjust enrichment against the PR and maybe other benes. You would be using this claim to get to the estate proceeds. This claim is more powerful against the PR’s share of the estate than other benes but
may extend to the other benes as well. Also a constructive trust claim.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Young v. Young, 191 P.3d 1258, 164 Wash.2d 477 (Wash. 09/11/2008) discusses unjust enrichment and it is a claim that I have pursued many times.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The defense is how come your people didn’t find the problems in an inspection. I would pound that drum if I was them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s my 2 cents<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Blackmon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property List Serve <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Suing PR of an Estate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates, any insight here is deeply appreciated. PR hires contractor to fix home prior to sale. Contractor does not get permits and does terrible job. PR sues contractor and gets default judgment for $60k (including $12k paid from bond).
PR then sells house without adequately completing work or obtaining permits.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In other words, a bad-acting PR! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does my client have any recourse, other than assets of the estate? Or would the PR have personal exposure? Also, if the sale proceeds have been disbursed to the heirs, is there any way to "claw back"?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Craig Blackmon, <a href="https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/LegalDirectory/LegalProfile.aspx?Usr_ID=000000029240" target="_blank">Attorney at Law</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">On the blog: <a href="https://www.fsbolawyers.org/blog/tenants-in-common-agreement" target="_blank">
Co-Ownership of Real Property by Single People</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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