Legal Opinion
Pepper v. J.J. Welcome Construction Co.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 6, 1994No. 29128-9-IPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, C.J.
— Robert Pepper, Peggy Pepper French, and Larry and Debra Jaffe appeal an award of damages for injury to their properties caused by excessive water runoff from a private residential development. They argue the trial court stripped away their claims against King County, severely impaired their claims against L.A., Betty, R.R., and Barbara Welcome, Joy and William Backstrom and J.J. Welcome Construction Company, and eviscerated the jury award. Welcome and Backstrom cross-appeal.
Facts
Pepper/Jaffe own adjoining properties at the eastern base of an upland plateau known as Novelty Hill. Welcome…
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