Hansen v. Gary Naugle Construction Co.

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs Dennis and Deborah Hansen and Morey and Wan-Tsih Chao brought *73suit against defendant, Gary Naugle Construction Company (Naugle), for damages allegedly sustained as a result of an increase in the volume and velocity of surface water runoff following Naugle’s development of land lying uphill from plaintiffs’ property. The trial court, without a jury, found Naugle liable for trespass and/or nuisance and awarded the Hansens and the Chaos $5,800 each in damages. The Court of Appeals, Western District, reversed. We granted transfer to consider the applicability of…