LAGUNA v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 60072-9-I.

192 P.3d 374 (2008)

Isidro LAGUNA, a single person, and Gerald R. Tarutis, as Guardian Ad Litem for J.I.L.V., a minor child, et al, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a governmental entity, Appellant, Lawrence M. Barnett and Jane Doe Barnett, husband and wife; GTL Enterprises, Inc., a Washington corporation; Douglas A. Newcomb and Jane Doe Newcomb, husband and wife; Central Refrigerated Service, Inc., a foreign corporation; Jeffrey P. Dehart and Jane Doe Dehart, husband and wife; Majestik Trucking, Inc., a Washington corporation; Khatra S. Sukminder and Jane Doe Sukhminder, husband and wife; Western Ports Transportation, Inc., a Washington corporation; Emigdio Lopez, a single person; Ford Motor Company, a foreign corporation; Robert E. Harvill and Jane Doe Harvill, husband and wife; Domino's Pizza Co., Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered August 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene David Tomisser, Jennifer Smith Meyer, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

Terry P. Abeyta, Attorney at Law, Gregory Scot Lighty, Abeyta Nelson PC, Yakima, WA, James Steven Rogers, The Law Offices of James S. Rogers, David Lawrence Hennings, Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson, Martha E. Raymond, Providence Health & Services, David Mark Soderland, Dunlap & Soderland, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 The State's duty to maintain roads in a reasonably safe condition does not include the duty to prevent ice from forming on the roadway. In this case, it is undisputed that the State lacked notice that ice had formed at the time and location of an accident. The court erred by denying the State's motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand for entry of an order granting the State's motion.

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