Columbia Park Golf Course, Inc. v. City of Kennewick

¶1 We are asked in this case to set aside a jury’s damage award to Columbia Park Golf Course Inc. following trial of its claims against the city of Kennewick (City) for breach of a development option agreement and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The City does not appeal the jury’s determination that it breached the agreement but contends that the damages awarded were not recoverable as a matter of law, principally because at the time of the breach Columbia had not secured the permits, approvals, and agreements needed to succeed and because it characterizes the damages as…