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WUTHRICH v. KING COUNTY

No. 91555-5.

366 P.3d 926 (2016)

Guy H. WUTHRICH, Petitioner, v. KING COUNTY, a governmental entity, Respondent, and Christa Gilland (Price), Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 28, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Leon Kessler , Ray W. Kahler , Garth L. Jones , Stritmatter Kessler Whelan , Hoquiam, WA, Bradley Jerome Moore , Stritmatter Kessler Whelan , Seattle, WA, David Charles Nordeen , Law Office of David Nordeen PLLC, Vancouver, WA, for Petitioner.

Richard William Lockner , Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, for Defendant.

Cindi S. Port , David J. Hackett , King County Administration Building, Prosecuting Atty. King County, King Co. Pros./App. Unit Supervisor, John Robert Zeldenrust, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Andrew George Cooley , Attorney at Law, Derek Casey Chen , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Andrew George Cooley , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Association of Washington Cities.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Bryan Harnetiaux, WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation, Spokane, WA, George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Moses Lake, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

¶ 1 A municipality's duty to maintain its roadways in a reasonably safe condition for ordinary travel is not confined to the asphalt. If a wall of roadside vegetation makes the roadway unsafe by blocking a driver's view of oncoming traffic at an intersection, the municipality has a duty to take reasonable steps to address it. In this...

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