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J & B DEV. CO. v. KING COUNTY

No. 48327-2.

100 Wn.2d 299 (1983)

669 P.2d 468

J & B DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. KING COUNTY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert D. Johns, Deputy, for petitioner.

Douglas R. Hartwich, Brian E. Lawler, and Short & Cressman, for respondent.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney for Seattle, Ellen D. Peterson, Assistant, Linda M. Youngs, City Attorney for Bellevue, and Richard L. Andrews, Assistant, amici curiae for petitioner.

STAFFORD, J.

The issue herein is whether a county which issues a building permit to a developer owes that developer a duty to exercise reasonable care in so doing. We hold the county does have such a duty and thus reverse the Superior Court's judgment.

Early in 1978, J & B Development Company (J&B) became interested in an unplatted lot located in South King County on the corner of South 136th Street and 10th Avenue South. After visiting the property...

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