LAKE HILLS INVESTMENTS v. RUSHFORTH CONST.

No. 99119-7.

494 P.3d 410 (2021)

LAKE HILLS INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Respondent, v. RUSHFORTH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. d/b/a AP Rushforth, a Washington corporation; and Adolfson & Peterson Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed September 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Sleight , Brett MacTavish Hill , Nicholas Calvin Korst , Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC, 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1850, Leonard J. Feldman , Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 4131, Seattle, WA, Stephanie Lynn Messplay , Van Siclen Stocks & Firkins, 721 45th St. Ne, Auburn, WA, for Petitioners.

Howard Mark Goodfriend , Ian Christopher Cairn , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N., Seattle, WA, Alan B. Bornstein , Matthew Thomas Adamson , Jameson Pepple Cantu PLLC, 801 2nd Ave. Ste. 700, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

John Stephen Riper , Robert Scott Marconi , Ashbaugh Beal LLP, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 4400, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae Associated General Contractors of Washington, Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington, National Utility Contractors Association of Washington.

Garth A. Schlemlein , Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC, 66 S. Hanford St. Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae National Electrical Contractors Association Puget Sound Chapter, Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., The Surety & Fidelity Association of America.

Ryan P. McBride , Jennifer McMillan Beyerlein , Andrew J. Gabel , Lane Powell PC, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington, Aia Washington Council.

Geoffrey F. Palachuk , Grant Steven Degginger , Jennifer McMillan Beyerlein , Lane Powell PC, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, Bob C. Sterbank , Attorney at Law, P.o. Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA.

Dierk Jon Meierbachtol , Washington State Attorney General's Office, P.o. Box 40113, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae State of Washington.

Jackson Wilder Maynard Jr. , Brooke Marie Frickleton , Building Industry Association of Washington, 300 Deschutes Way Sw Ste. 300, Tumwater, WA, for Amicus Curiae Building Industry Association of WA.


¶1 Lake Hills Investments LLC sued AP Rushforth (AP) for breach of contract, alleging, among other things, that the work AP conducted on the Lake Hills Village project was defective. AP counterclaimed that Lake Hills underpaid them. At trial, an affirmative defense instruction (jury instruction...

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