Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Stevens County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1988No. 53817-4PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dore, J. —
We hold that Stevens County cannot be held liable for its alleged negligence in administering its building code. The duty to ensure that buildings comply with county and municipal building codes rests with individual builders, developers and permit applicants, not local government.
Facts
Plaintiffs Harry and Robin Taylor in 1981 purchased a house in Stevens County from Harry and Mary Murray with the assistance of realtor American Pacific Realty, Inc. The buyers claim that the sellers built the house without first obtaining a building permit. They claim that before the sale was…
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