Richert v. Tacoma Power Utility

¶1 In this lawsuit for property damage caused by increased water flow, the city of Tacoma makes an interlocutory appeal of the superior court’s two rulings on cross summary judgment motions. The first ruling granted a motion for partial summary judgment that served to strike one of Tacoma’s affirmative defenses against the claims of Gerald Richert and the other plaintiffs involved in this appeal (the Richerts). The second ruling denied Tacoma’s motion for summary judgment for dismissal of the Richerts’ claims. The superior court’s two rulings summarily determined one limited legal issue in…