Alprin v. City of Tacoma

159 P.3d 448 (2007)

Scott ALPRIN, a single person, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF TACOMA and Tacoma Public Utilities, Respondent.

No. 35264-8-II.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

June 5, 2007.

Andrew J. Makar, Law Office of Andrew Makar PS, Fife, WA, for Appellant.

M. Joseph Sloan Jr., Tacoma City Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Scott Alprin appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities ("Tacoma"), whom he sued for negligence when his sailboat mast hit power transmission cables suspended above Henderson Bay. Alprin argues that…