Geppert v. State

Gary Geppert and 14 other landowners appeal a summary judgment dismissing a claim for flood damage against Arnold E. Schaefer, Louis Steiner and Theophil Baginski, who were sued in their individual capacities as a result of actions taken while they were commissioners of Drainage District No. 10, Pierce County, Washington. The central issues are whether the commissioners are covered to any extent by official immunity and whether any material issue of fact supports a claim of negligence. We affirm.

In 1933, at the confluence of the Puyallup River and Clear Creek, the State of Washington built…