Richert v. Tacoma Power Utility and The City of Tacoma
Mar 04, 2014OUTCOME: Favorable Published Opinion
Took case to Court of Appeals and received favorable Published Opinion.
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OUTCOME: Favorable Published Opinion
Took case to Court of Appeals and received favorable Published Opinion.
OUTCOME: Obtained Favorable Judgment
Precedent setting landslide case at the Washington State Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Obtained Favorable Judgment
Wrote and successfully argued an amicus brief to the Washington State Supreme Court on behalf of the City of Tacoma, City of Everett, City of Anacortes, the Washington Association of Cities and the Was ... hington Association of Municipal Attorneys
OUTCOME: Favorable Judgement
Successfully represented the City of Tacoma in a lawsuit brought against it by the City of Fircrest concerning Tacoma’s Superfund site and possible contamination of one of Fircrest’s municipal water we ... lls. No monies were paid, but relocation of the well, which was offered prior to the lawsuit being filed, was implemented. A celebration of the new well’s water production occurred with both city’s mayors, council members and key employees in attendance.
OUTCOME:
Pierce County Superior Court- Defended the City of Tacoma in an action by numerous owners of property adjacent to Leach Creek alleging inverse condemnation by virtue of the City’s purported failure to ... control storm water drainage from the Creek.
OUTCOME: Obtained a dismissal of plaintiff’s case on summary judgment using an Act of God defense.
Pierce County Superior Court Represented the City of Tacoma in litigation concerning flood damages to apartment building alleged to have been caused by the City’s inadequate control of surface water r ... unoff from a single storm.
OUTCOME: The parties entered into a mutually beneficial agreement allowing a major stormwater management system on the properties which included culverting the alleged stream.
City Hearings Examiner- Represented three property owners in a successful appeal regarding streams and wetlands designations by the City of Federal Way.