Mjd Properties, Llc, Resp. v. Jeffrey Haley, App.

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Leach, J.

Jeffrey Haley appeals the trial court’s summary dismissal of his nuisance and spite structure claims against his neighbor, MJD Properties LLC, as well as the court’s denial of his fee request. Because Haley demonstrated a genuine issue of material fact about the reasonableness of MJD’s driveway light installed in compliance with the Mercer Island City Code, we reverse the dismissal of his nuisance claim. And because a large planted tree, in some circumstances, may be a spite structure prohibited by RCW 7.40.030, we reverse the dismissal of Haley’s statutory claim. But the trial…