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RUIZ v. STATE

No. 63783-5-I.

225 P.3d 458 (2010)

Timothy J. RUIZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington; Washington State Patrol; Hancock Timber Resource Group, a division of Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Hancock Forest Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and White River Forests, LLC, a Delaware corporation, Respondents, Whalen Timber, Inc., a Washington corporation, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

February 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Andrews Purtzer, Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

John Goodwin Fritts, David Michael Jacobi, Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson, Catherine Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 Notwithstanding any statute, rule or common law doctrine to the contrary, the legislature has determined the state and forest landowners should be immune from liability for personal injury caused by forest practices within a designated riparian zone. Here, the driver sustained injuries when part of a tree fell on a vehicle he was driving westbound on State Route (SR) 410. The tree that caused the injury was clearly located within a designated riparian...

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