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IWAI v. STATE

No. 62616-2.

915 P.2d 1089 (1996)

129 Wash.2d 84

Barbara IWAI and George Iwai, individually and as a marital community composed thereof, Respondents, v. The STATE of Washington; Employment Security Department; Spokane Job Service Center; Isaiah Turner and Jane Doe Turner, individually and as a marital community composed thereof; Don Ott and Jane Doe Ott, individually and as a marital community composed thereof; Hays Group, Inc., a domestic corporation for profit licensed to do business in the State of Washington; Molokai Ranch, a foreign corporation for profit licensed to do business in the State of Washington; Warn Enterprises, Inc., a domestic corporation for profit licensed to do business in the State of Washington; and Does I through X, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Harnetiaux, Debra Stephens, Harbaugh & Bloom, Gary N. Bloom, Spokane, Amicus Curiae for Washington State Trial Lawyers.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, Elizabeth J. Erwin, William B. Collins, Assts., Olympia, for Petitioner.

Dullanty Law Offices, Richard C. Dullanty, Huppin, Ewing, Anderson & Paul, Judith A. Corbin, Christopher J. Wright, Spokane, for Respondent.

DOLLIVER, Justice.

This is a premises liability case where Plaintiff Barbara Iwai allegedly slipped and fell on snow or ice on an inclined section of Defendants' parking lot. We have heard about slippery slopes countless times, but this is the first case actually involving one. Defendants urge this court formally to adopt the natural accumulation rule for commercial parking lots, which would preclude landowner liability for injuries caused by naturally accumulated...

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