Olson v. City of Garrison

NEUMANN, Justice.

The Olsons appeal from summary judgment dismissing their tort action against the City of Garrison for damages resulting from a broken water main. We affirm.

In November 1991 a break occurred in a City of Garrison water main adjacent to the building housing Art and Sharon Olson’s silk screening business. The break flooded the basement of the Olsons’ business with fourteen to eighteen inches of water and damaged or destroyed machinery and inventory. The record reveals at least one other break had occurred in the vicinity a few months earlier. According to the city engineer, no…