Wilber v. Western Properties

Andersen, A.C.J.

Facts of Cáse

This case is a sequel to Wilber v. Western Properties, 14 Wn. App. 169, 540 P.2d 470 (1975). At issue are indemnity claims arising from that litigation.

Following a jury trial in Wilber v. Western Properties, supra, Darrell Wilber obtained a verdict and judgment because of flood damage to his apartments in southeast Tacoma. The judgment was against Western Properties, his downhill neighbor, which in the course of developing its property had impeded the natural flow of storm waters through an open ditch on its property by replacing it with a 24-inch pipe culvert.…