COLORADO STRUCTURES v. BLUE MOUNTAIN PLAZA

Nos. 28480-8-III, 28598-7-III.

246 P.3d 835 (2011)

COLORADO STRUCTURES, INC., doing business as CSI Construction Company, a Colorado corporation, Appellant, v. BLUE MOUNTAIN PLAZA, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Meyer Equities, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Powers Steel Group, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Bruce Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Paras General Contractors, Inc., a Washington corporation; Koncrete Industries, Inc., a Washington corporation; Kennewick Industrial & Electrical Supply, Inc., a Washington corporation; K2MG Interiors, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Bar-A Construction, Inc., a Washington corporation; The Ogilvie Company, Inc., a Washington corporation; 360 Architectural Foam, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Tri States Rebar, Inc., a Washington corporation; CLC Associates, Inc., the Oregon assumed name of Colorado Land Consultant, Inc., a Colorado corporation; Materials Testing & Inspection, Inc., an Idaho corporation; American Civil Constructors West Coast, Inc., dba ACC Hurlen Construction, a California corporation; RLC, Inc., a Washington corporation; Icon Corporation, a Washington corporation; and K & B Excavating, Inc., a Washington corporation, Defendants, TMC, Inc., doing business as Timothy McGourty, an Idaho corporation, Appellant, Equity Funding, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Western Development Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company; Walla Walla Holdings I, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

January 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Yazbeck, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Portland, OR, Kara Heikkila , Hall Farley Oberrecht & Blanton PA, Boise, ID, for Appellant.

Michael E. Gossler , Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin, Marshall L. Ferguson , Daniel W. Ferm , Robert Walton Sargeant , Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


KORSMO, A.C.J.

¶ 1 Colorado Structures, Inc. (CSI) appeals the dismissal on summary judgment of its contractor's lien. We agree with the trial court that the core samples CSI had drilled on the property to check soil conditions before bidding on the project did not constitute an improvement under our lien statutes. The judgment is affirmed.

FACTS

¶ 2 CSI is a major contractor on projects throughout the western United States. It was approached...

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