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EMPLOYCO PERSONNEL SERV., INC. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 57273-9.

117 Wn.2d 606 (1991)

817 P.2d 1373

EMPLOYCO PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC., ET AL, Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant, GRANCO CONSTRUCTION, INC., ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by order November 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Sidran, City Attorney, and Brian Faller, Assistant, for appellant.

Davis Wright Tremaine, by Michael J. Murphy, Stephen M. Rummage, and Suzanne M. DuRard; Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson, by Andrew J. Kinstler, for respondent Employco Personnel Services, et al.

Preston Niemi, for respondent Granco Construction.

Carney, Stephenson, Badley, Smith & Spellman, P.S., by R. Jack Stephenson and James E. Lobsenz, for respondent Clise Agency.

Carol A. Wardell and Julie A. Anderson on behalf of Chelan County Public Utility District; David A. Bricklin on behalf of Snohomish, Franklin, Mason, Benton, Grays Harbor, and Okanogan County Public Utility Districts, amici curiae for appellant.

S. Leigh Fulwood, Mark Roellig, and Richard A. Finnigan on behalf of GTE-Northwest Inc., USWest Communications, and Washington Independent Telephone Association, amici curiae for appellant.

[As amended by order of the Supreme Court November 19, 1991.]

SMITH, J.

This is an appeal by the City of Seattle upon direct review from a partial summary judgment in favor of several Seattle businesses in a class action brought in the King County Superior Court by those businesses for damages arising from a power outage which they contend was proximately caused by the negligence of the City and Granco Construction...

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