STATE v. PUBLIC UTILITY DIST. NO. 1

No. 31853-2-III.

349 P.3d 916 (2015)

STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondent, v. PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KLICKITAT COUNTY, a Washington municipal corporation, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

April 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Stone , Paine Hamblen LLP, Daniel William Short , William Christopher Schroeder , Attorney at Law, Gregory Sims Johnson , Paine Hamblen et al, Spokane, WA, for Petitioner.

Michael Joseph Rollinger , Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.


¶ 1 We granted discretionary review of an order certified by the Superior Court for Klickitat County as warranting immediate review. At issue is whether the Department of Natural Resources has statutory authority to pursue a fire suppression cost recovery claim against a public utility district (PUD) under RCW 76.04.495. Specifically...

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