CURTIS v. LEIN

No. 62168-8-I.

206 P.3d 1264 (2009)

Tambra CURTIS, Appellant, v. Jack LEIN and Claire Lein, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and Willow Creek Farm, Incorporated, a domestic corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo-Hanna Gladness Read, Law Office of Jo-Hanna Read, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Kathleen Mary Thompson, Gardner Bond Trabolsi PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


AGID, J.

¶ 1 Tambra Curtis walked onto the Leins' dock and her left leg went through it, causing her injuries. The Leins' postaccident dock destruction deprived Curtis of evidence about the dock's condition. Because Penson v. Inland Empire Paper Co.1 holds that reasonably safe wooden structures do not ordinarily give way under normal use, res ipsa loquitur provides an inference...

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