Legal Opinion

Fabre v. Town of Ruston

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided March 19, 2014No. 43459-8-IIPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWorswick, C.J.

¶1 Steve Fabre appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his claims against the Town of Ruston after it passed two ordinances — one taxing social card games and one prohibiting “house-banked” social card games — that Fabre claims drove his Point Defiance Cafe *154and Casino out of business. Fabre argues that the superior court erred by dismissing his claims because (1) the public duty doctrine does not bar Fabre’s claims and (2) Ruston is not entitled to immunity. We affirm because the public duty doctrine bars Fabre’s claims for negligence and negligent misrepresentation and legislative immunity…

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