Court Opinion

ID: 9536233
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 06:56:30.084506+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:33:29.413221
License: Public Domain

Dolliver, J.
(concurring in the result) — I concur with the result. However, I believe the court should abandon the unneeded and needlessly complex rationale of Lightfoot v. MacDonald, 86 Wn.2d 331, 544 P.2d 88 (1976). See Salois v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co., 90 Wn.2d 355, 581 P.2d 1349 (1978); Testo v. Russ Dunmire Oldsmobile, Inc., 16 Wn. App. 39, 554 P.2d 349, 83 A.L.R.3d 680 (1976); Lookebill v. Mom's Mobile Homes, Inc., 16 Wn. App. 817, 559 P.2d 600 (1977); Comment, Private Suits Under Washington's Consumer Protection Act: The Public Interest Requirement, 54 Wash. L. Rev. 795 (1979). The statute is direct and should not be difficult to apply. I agree with the majority that "[o]n its face, the act demands no more than that a litigant sustain injury as a result of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce." If this language lies harshly on those who are in violation, relief should be sought in the legislature, not here.
Brachtenbach, J., concurs with Dolliver, J.