Olson v. City of Bellevue

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s summary judgment dismissal of King County from their negligent roadway design and maintenance complaint, contending that the trial court erred in concluding that King County’s transfer of jurisdiction over the roadway to the City of Bellevue—which occurred almost two years before Plaintiffs’ accident—shielded King County, as a matter of law, from liability for its alleged pretransfer negligence in designing and maintaining the roadway.

Where, as here, a municipality annexes a roadway from another municipality, the annexed municipality’s potential liability…