UNION ELEVATOR & WAREHOUSE CO. v. STATE EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 83771-6.

248 P.3d 83 (2011)

UNION ELEVATOR & WAREHOUSE COMPANY, INC., a Washington Corporation, Respondent, v. The STATE of Washington, by and through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda G. Phily , Douglas D. Shaftel , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Kevin W. Roberts , Dunn & Black, PS, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.


C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case involves whether interest is allowable as part of an award of relocation assistance benefits under the relocation assistance—real property acquisition policy (Relocation Act), chapter 8.26 RCW. Division Three of the Court of Appeals held that Union Elevator was entitled to interest on its award of relocation assistance benefits because the Relocation Act impliedly waived the State's immunity from interest as part of the broad...

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