Employco Personnel Services, Inc. v. City of Seattle

This is an appeal by the City of Seattle upon direct review from a partial summary judgment in favor of several Seattle businesses in a class action brought in the Ring County Superior Court by those businesses for damages arising from a power outage which they contend was proximately caused by the negligence of the City and Graneo Construction. The appeal asks this court to interpret a section of the Seattle Municipal Code which states that the Seattle City Light Department "shall not be liable for any loss, injury, or damage resulting from the interruption ... of electric service from any…