Fishburn v. Pierce County Planning & Land Services Department

¶1 — Daniel and Lori Fishburn1 appeal the trial court’s orders granting summary judgment to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) and the Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) and denying the Fishburns’ reconsideration motion, claiming that exceptions to the public duty doctrine created duties owed specifically to them by TPCHD and PALS. The Fishburns argue that the public duty doctrine’s exceptions impose a duty on TPCHD and PALS arising from the faulty site preparation, installation, and inspection of their home’s *457septic system during its construction in…