PETERSEN v. PORT OF SEATTLE

No. 45817.

94 Wn.2d 479 (1980)

618 P.2d 67

TOM E. PETERSEN, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE PORT OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by order November 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug, Tausend & Beezer; by Dexter A. Washburn, Jones, Grey & Bayley, by E. Michele Moquin, and Short, Cressman & Cable, by William K. McInerney, Jr., for appellants.

Bogle & Gates, Kimberly W. Osenbaugh, Sandra R. Cribbs, and James A. Smith, Jr., for respondent.


[As amended by order of the Supreme Court November 10, 1980.]

HICKS, J.

This direct appeal concerns an inverse condemnation action started in November 1974, against the Port of Seattle. The Petersens (plaintiffs/appellants) owned and resided upon property located about 2 miles south of Sea-Tac Airport since before the airport was opened. They seek to recover the diminished value of their property resulting from the operation of the airport by defendant/cross...

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