WALTER v. SPEE WEST CONST. CO.

No. 82139-3-I.

504 P.3d 878 (2022)

David WALTER, Respondent, v. SPEE WEST CONSTRUCTION CO., a Washington Corporation and general contractor, Appellant, Fidelity & Deposit Co of MD, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed February 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Daniel Lindahl , Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, 1 Sw Columbia St. Ste. 800, Portland, OR, 97204-4022, Lori Kay O'Tool , Daniel Walter Rankin , Preg O'Donnell & Gillett PLLC, 901 5th Ave. Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98164-2026, for Appellant.

Joshua Bruce Trumbull , Emily Anne Harris , JBT & Associates, P.S., Ben W. Wells , Ben Wells & Associates, 106 E Gilman Ave., Arlington, WA, 98223-1017, Brian James Fisher , Department of Revenue, 2101 4th Ave. Ste. 1400, Seattle, WA, 98121-2300, for Respondent.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 David Walter was working in a trench at a construction site when an excavator bucket crushed his leg. He sued Spee West Construction Co. for negligence, and a jury found that Spee West's negligence was a proximate cause of Walter's injury, that Walter's non-economic damages totaled $4.5 million, and...

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