Alprin v. City of Tacoma

*168¶1 — Scott Alprin appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the city of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities (collectively Tacoma), whom he sued for negligence when his sailboat mast hit power transmission cables suspended above Henderson Bay. Alprin argues that the trial court erred in ruling that (1) as a matter of law, Tacoma was not negligent in failing to warn of the hazard and (2) Alprin was the sole proximate cause of his damages. We hold that, by including the power lines in the NOAA1 charts, Tacoma fulfilled its duty to warn as a matter of law. We therefore affirm the…