Legal Opinion
Riojas v. Grant County Public Utility District
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 17, 2003No. 21424-9-IIIPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKato, J.
Bertha Riojas appeals the summary dismissal of her claim against the Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) arising from a traffic accident in which she was injured. She contends the superior court improperly concluded as a matter of law that the PUD’s negligence was superseded by the negligence of the driver of the car in which she was a passenger. We agree and reverse and remand for trial.
On November 24, 1998, a PUD crew was installing new power lines over State Route (SR) 17 in Grant County. The *696crew included two flaggers, Monica Yates and Katie Taft, whose responsibility was to…
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