Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Appellant, Isador Schreiber and Associates, appeals from the trial court's grant of a motion to strike its jury demand and from the dismissal of its amended complaint. Respondent, Safeway Stores, Inc. (Safeway), cross-appeals from the dismissal of its counterclaim. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the trial court.

This case involves the alleged breach of a commercial shopping center lease by Safeway. Prior to August 1965, Safeway acquired a parcel of land in Bellevue for the development of a shopping center. Safeway subsequently entered into negotiations for the sale of the property…