GINA BEAMAN v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.

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• reversing trial court’s order denying motion to stay because the priority of action rule required staying the state proceeding until resolution of the earlier-filed, parallel suit in federal court
• reversing trial court’s order denying motion to stay because the priority of action rule required staying the state proceeding until resolution of the earlier-filed, parallel suit in federal court
• the rule “generally requires that the forum that first gains jurisdiction over a matter retains exclusive authority over it.”
• “We remand with instructions for the court to stay these proceedings until such time as the federal district court determines” the defendant’s 19 No. 59097-2-II liability.

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