Legal Opinion
Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 2010No. 81977-7PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFairhurst, J.
¶1 Since the 1800s, lessors of real property in Washington have been able to recover damages for the tort of waste. In this case, however, the Court of Appeals interpreted our jurisprudence on the economic loss rule and concluded that lessor Linda Eastwood was limited to contractual remedies for the damage done to her horse farm by lessee Horse Harbor Foundation Inc. See Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Found., Inc., noted at 144 Wn. App. 1009, 2008 WL 1801332, 2008 Wash. App. LEXIS 916. The Court of Appeals also held that Horse Harbor’s employee and board directors could not be individually liable…
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