Smith v. Stockdale

¶1 Jacqueline Smith jumped from a cliff on public property adjacent to recreation fee property owned and operated by Bryan Stockdale. Ms. Smith sued Mr. Stockdale and his corporations (collectively Vantage), contending that Vantage violated the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW, by deceptively charging Ms. Smith a fee to access the adjacent private property and that Vantage failed to protect Ms. Smith from the danger of cliff jumping. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Vantage. The court concluded that Vantage’s user fee was not deceptive and that Vantage did…