Legal Opinion
Hurley v. Port Blakely Tree Farms LP
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 30, 2014No. 71430-9-IPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpearman, C.J.
¶1 This appeal concerns a lawsuit filed by 14 families (Appellants) against Menasha Forest Prod*759ucts Corporation1 and Don Zepp Logging (Zepp) (collectively Respondents) after their properties in or near Glenoma, Washington, were damaged by three landslides that occurred during a storm on January 7, 2009. The trial court dismissed Appellants’ claims for strict liability, trespass, and nuisance against Menasha and Zepp on summary judgment, as well as their negligence claims against Zepp. We affirm.
FACTS
¶2 On January 7, 2009, a warm and unusually heavy rainstorm (commonly known as a “Pineapple…
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