BLUEBERRY PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASS'N v. NORTHWARD HOMES, INC.

No. 53630-3-I.

110 P.3d 1145 (2005)

126 Wash.App. 352

BLUEBERRY PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Washington Non-Profit Corporation; Leslie Jane Murphy; Betty Ann Thornhill; Alexander Reiss III; Jordan-Lee Miller and JeNae Miller, a marital community; Glenn Lamb and Carol Lamb, a marital community; John Earl Warner; Patrick T. O'Brien; Brandon Summers and Amy Summers, a marital community; Daniel Coats; Joseph Mobley; Diane Dempsey; Louise Hodges; Larry Huck and Peggy Huck, a marital community; Robert Gasca and Colleen Gasca, a marital community; Lori Peters; Chelsea Uyeda; Adrian Burns; Jim Mason; Brad Lawrence and Margie Lawrence, a marital community, Marie E. Niehaus; George Tang; Joseph Matuzaki and Dolly Matuzaki, a marital community; Jimie Yamaguchi; Angela Moral; Hernan Norambuena; Patricia E. Hackett; Anne Purcell; Nancy Osako; Thomas Norkool; Luann Wing; Brian Kramer; Harry Ungefug; Naomi Benton Robinson; Charles Fajarillo and Tracy Camus; Carol L. Wilden; Richard Nelson and Stephanie Nelson, a marital community; Alan Hoshino and Cheryl Hoshino, a marital community; Victor Goncharoff; Sharon Huvinen; Anne Anex; James C. Cheng; Kierstan Grunow; Carolyn Blott; George Townley and Susan Townley, a marital community; Eric Cameron and Donna Cameron, a marital community; Jeffrey Stuart; Carmen Ey; Mary Yansura; Stephen Szeman; Greg Szwed and Aneta Szwed, a marital community; Lynn Gerstner; John Sieben and Majorie Sieben, a marital community; Him Yin; Mohamed Elbasheer and Susan Elbasheer, a marital community; Derek Doremus; Robert Haynes and Kay Haynes, a marital community; Chantelle Jeanneret, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWARD HOMES, INC., a Washington corporation; Northward, an unlicensed corporate entity; Northward Properties; a Partnership; Blueberry Place Communities, L.P., a Limited Partnership; Blueberry Communities, L.P., a Limited Partnership; Blueberry Place, Inc., an unlicensed corporate entity; Richard Gilroy and Loraine Gilroy, and the marital community comprised thereof; Chuck Orton and Jane Doe Orton, and the marital community comprised thereof; Mike Gooden and Jane Doe Gooden, and the marital community composed thereof; Gary Rogers and Jane Doe Rogers, and the marital community composed thereof; Plasco Manufacturing Corporation, n/k/a Uponor Canada, Inc., a Canadian corporation doing business in the State of Washington, Defendants, Northward Construction Company, Inc., an unlicesed corporate entity; Northward Construction, an unlicensed corporate entity; Northward Construction Company, a Washington Corporation, Defendants/Respondents, MacDonald-Miller Residential, Inc. a Washington corporation; MMR Holding Company, a Washington corporation, Defendants/Appellants. McDonald-Miller Residential, Inc., a Washington Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Pacific Plumbing Supply Company, a Washington corporation; Plasco Manufacturing, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Star Sales, Inc. d/b/a Nolan Northwest, a Washington corporation, and Specified Technologies, Inc., Third-Party Defendants. Northward Construction Company, a/k/a Northward Construction Company, Inc., a/k/a Northward Construction, a/k/a Northward Construction, Inc., (Collectively identified herein as "NCC"), Third/Fourth-Party Plaintiffs, v. J-S Contracting, Inc., a Washington corporation; Premium Concrete, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; ASI Construction, Inc. a Washington Corporation; Peterson Buckingham kna Alexander Buckingham, Inc. a Washington Corporation; Lakeside Industries, a Washington General Partnership Joint Venture; McDonald-Miller Residential, Inc., a Washington Corporation; Puget Sound Mechanical, Inc., a Washington Corporation; Pacific Star Roofing, Inc., a Washington Corporation; Ceder County Construction, Inc., a Washington Corporation; Cascade Utilities, Inc., a Washington Corporation; James R. Messer, d/b/a Howard S. James Construction; T.E. Construction, Inc., a Washington Corporation, Mark Grose, d/b/a Summerset Const. Co.; Gavin T. Norquist, d/b/a Rolled Edge Concrete, Third/Fourth-Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered March 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Jager, Jager Law Office, Nicholas Jenkins, Lee Smart Cook Martin & Patterson, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Robert J. Burke, Arthur D. McGary, Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, Seattle, WA, Saphronia R. Young, Auburn, WA, for Respondents.


SCHINDLER, J.

¶ 1 MacDonald-Miller Residential, Inc. (MacDonald-Miller), one of the subcontractors for a condominium construction project, appeals the trial court's award of attorneys' fees and costs in favor of Northward Construction Company (Northward), the general contractor based on the theory of equitable indemnity. Northward cannot recover attorneys' fees and costs under the theory of equitable indemnity or the "ABC rule" if, in addition to the wrongful...

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