Alpental Community Club, Inc. v. Seattle Gymnastics Society

¶[1 In 1995, the Seattle Gymnastics Society, Inc. (SGS), clear-cut seven acres of upslope property to defray repairs on its ski lodge at Snoqualmie Pass in Kang County. The logging spawned avalanches onto the downhill property owned by members of the Alpental Community Club, Inc. (ACC), a residential community developed in 1967. At issue is whether ACC’s nuisance suit against SGS is barred under RCW 7.48.305, which grants immunity to defendants who were engaged in statutorily defined “forest practices” before the plaintiffs “came to the nuisance.” See RCW 7.48.310(5), 76.09.020(11).

Owens, J.

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