Union Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. State

Union Elevator & Warehouse Co., Inc., appeals an order of the Adams County Superior Court, which granted the State of Washington Department of Transportation’s cross-motion for summary judgment on the issue of inverse condemnation. Union contends the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment because material questions of fact exist concerning the unreasonableness and impracticability of the sole remaining means of access to Union’s grain elevator. We agree and reverse and remand for trial.

Union is a grain elevator company established in 1908. It is locally owned, primarily by its…